Elisha Otis

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Elisha Otis: Media

American inventor

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The video thumbnail image depicts an old-fashioned manual elevator door is held open by a white man in a polo shirt.

The last human-operated elevator in Chicago

Going up?

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis, American inventor of the safety elevator, shown in an engraving.

Courtesy of Otis Elevator Co.

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