Question : Who invented the first-ever safety elevator?
Option 1: Bill Gates
Option 2: Elisha Otis
Option 3: Paul Allen
Option 4: Dave Hyatt
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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