Elisha Graves Otis demonstrating safety lift
Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861), demonstrating his patent safety lift at the 1854 New York World's Fair. Above the elevator, a man cut the elevator's only supporting rope with an axe, but the elevator did not fall more than a few inches
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10672406
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45222504
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2550px x 2480px
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Date
1854
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