The first public passenger elevator started operation in this year.
- 1869
- 1899
- 1912
- 1857
Daily Quiz for January 7, 2016
The first public passenger elevator started operation in
this year.
The first public passenger elevator started operation in this year.
1857. Elisha Otis install the elevator at E.V. Haughwout department store in New York City. Otis’ did not invent the elevator, but rather developed a failsafe device to prevent the elevator falling if the cables broke. It helped make possible the post-Civil War tall-building revolution.