Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Companys Cortland Street Station, New York, 1893
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Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Companys Cortland Street Station, New York, 1893
Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Companys Cortland Street Station, New York, 1893. An electrically-powered escalator 13 metres in length and carrying passengers up an elevation of 6 metres. It operated by the Reno-Cail system. The escalator was patented by Jesse Reno in the USA in 1892, but was called an inclined elevator by its inventor. The term escalator was coined by Charles Seeberger who, together with the Otis Elevator Company, introduced the first commercial escalator in 1899
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Electric Electricity Escalator Innovation Invention Jesse New York City New York State Pennsylvania Railroad Company Reno Station
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