He invented a elevator with a safty break.
The elevator.
Elevator Safety Brake
elisha was American and was the actual inventor of the elevator break in 1850
Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator brakes (and thus the first safe elevator) in 1853. His invention made skyscrapers possible.
What is Elisha G. Otis natoinality
In 1852
American
Vermont
1923
in 1850!
Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator brakes (and thus the first safe elevator) in 1853. His invention made skyscrapers possible.
Here is what I could find on the subject: "Elisha Otis invented the "Improvement in Hoisting Apparatus." Elisha Otis didn't actually invent the elevator, he invented the brake used in modern elevators. His brakes made skyscrapers a practical reality. (above illustration - patent drawing of the Elisha Otis elevator) " What he did was invent a device that would stop the elevator if the main lifting cable broke. Copy and paste link http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelevator.htm
He invented it in 1852 in Yonkers, New York