Four years after installing his first public model in E.V. Haughwout's establishment, he invented an accompanying steam pump which greatly improved the device. Earlier, he was overseeing a factory for making bedframes, which suffered persistent problems with moving heavy loads around the warehouse. He solved the issue with a device that he demonstrated by severing a rope a
Four years after installing his first public model in E.V. Haughwout's establishment, he invented an accompanying steam pump which greatly improved the device. Earlier, he was overseeing a factory for making bedframes, which suffered persistent problems with moving heavy loads around the warehouse. He solved the issue with a device that he demonstrated by severing a rope at the Crystal Palace, his "safety hoist." For 10 points, name this man who thus invented the first practical passenger elevator and lent his name to a major manufacturer of such devices.
Four years after installing his first public model in E.V. Haughwout's establishment, he invented an accompanying steam pump which greatly improved the device.
Elisha Graves {Otis}