Love elevators as much as me? Thank Elisha Otis


	Love elevators as much as me? Thank Elisha Otis

theophania79

10-24-2009 6:35 PM

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elevators, wheelchair, disabled, disabilities, elisha otis, history of elevators, inventions, engineering

theophania79 says:

If it wasn’t for the Otis safety brake, an invention that gave birth to the modern-day elevator, what a tired, stuck populace we would be.

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