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daring demonstration at the Crystal Palace exhibition building, Otis stood on a suspended platform high in the air, and ordered the rope cut. As onlookers gasped, the platform dropped only a few inches before his safety device kicked in and brought it to an abrupt halt. The audience was amazed an impressed. Orders for his safety elevator began pouring in, with the numbers doubling every year.

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The name of Otis conjures up a vision of elevators for most folks, but there was much more to this inventor than just that. Here are some facts on American industrialist and prolific inventor Elisha Otis.

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