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The elevator brake was invented in 1852 by Elisha Graves
1852.
1890
I make well over 100,000 a year as a union elevator constructor
elisha was American and was the actual inventor of the elevator break in 1850
It was invented in 1864
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Seattle, Washington drops an elevator on New Years Eve
2001
1643
The teliscope was invented fully in 1704.
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