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Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Cortland Street Station, New York, 1893.
Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 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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AR915974
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Image
Purpose
Public
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4330px × 2419px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AMERICA
American
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
concept
Cortland Street Station
country
ELECTRIC
Electricity
Escalator
INNOVATION
Invention
Jesse
Jesse Reno
LOCATION
Monochrome
New York City
new york state
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Reno
Science
STATION
Technology
TGN
Train
transport
TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
Wood Engraving