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Who_invented_the_safety_elevators Elisha Otis he was inspired to design what was then called the "safety elevator".... Most elevators of the time were extremely dangerous. The key to Otis' invention was a toothed guiderail located on each side of the elevator shaft that caught the elevator car. If the cable failed, the teeth would engage, locking the car in place.

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