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Question : Who invented the first-ever safety elevator?

Option 1: Bill Gates

Option 2: Elisha Otis

Option 3: Paul Allen

Option 4: Dave Hyatt


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Correct Answer: Elisha Otis


Solution : The correct option is Elisha Otis .

American Elisha Otis is credited with developing the safety elevator. In the New York City store of E. V. Haughwout & Co., he installed the first safety elevator for passenger use on March 23, 1857. He patented an independently controlled steam engine for use in elevators on January 15, 1861.

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