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Who invented the elevator?

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in 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented a safety break that revolutionized the vertical transport industry. In the event that an elevator's hoisting rope broke, a spring would operate pawls on the car, forcing them into position with racks at the sides of the shaft and suspending the car in place

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