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Alexander Miles

Plate 27

Engineering · Invention · Entrepreneurship

Alexander Miles

1838 – 1918

Miles patented an automated mechanism for opening and closing elevator doors in 1887, improving both the safety and convenience of elevators.

  • •Patented an automated elevator-door mechanism in 1887
  • •Innovation remains embedded in the basic architecture of modern elevators

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