From: Jim H.
Sent: October 30, 2018
To: undisclosed recipients
Subject: Fw: The History of the Elevator
The first electric elevator was built by the German inventor Wener Von Siemens in 1880. In 1889, the first commercially successful electric elevator was installed. In 1887, an electric elevator with automatic doors that would close off the elevator shaft was patented. This invention made elevators safer.
Elevator History - Facts and Information
www.elevatorhistory.net/