2007-01-28 01:31:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Jesse W. Reno, an 1883 engineering graduate of Lehigh University, invented the first escalator and installed it as an amusement ride at Coney Island, New York in 1897. This particular device was little more than an inclined belt with wooden slats or cleats on the surface for traction.
2007-01-28 02:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesse Reno (1892) and re-designed by Charles Seeberger (1897).
The Otis elevator company created the modern escalator in the 1920's.
2007-01-28 09:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr Escalator, it was named after him
2007-01-28 09:35:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but he must have had high expectations and thought he was going up in the world !!!
2007-01-28 09:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by Elle J Morgan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋