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A 4 page paper on the history and development of escalators. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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moving stairways that really allow people to move easily from one floor to another and still give people endless fun, especially young people. The following paper examines the history and
the development of this unique form of conveyance. Escalators In essence, "An escalator is a conveyor type transport device that moves
people. It is a moving staircase with steps that move up or down using a conveyor belt and tracks keeping each step horizontal for the passenger" (Bellis, 2007). (A good
website which offers a picture of the mechanisms of the basics of the escalator can be seen at the following website: http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/f/f_4.htm). Interestingly enough, it did not start out as
a practical device but rather as a form of amusement (Bellis, 2007). It is first noted as possessing a patent, or a patent that relates to the escalator, by an
individual in 1859 (Bellis, 2007). It was a patent that involved a steam powered unit (Bellis, 2007). It was not, however, until 1892 that a real escalator patent seems to
have arrived coming from Jesse Reno (Bellis, 2007). However, as one author notes, in remembering his own past and delving into the
history of the escalator, the earlier patent was used in many places. The problem it seems was that there was not the use of electricity that there would be in
later years, a source of energy that would ultimately bring the escalator into the world at large. The author notes, "Steam-driven elevators were around in 1859, but who would install
a whole steam engine just to drive a stair way! Besides, escalators make sense only when you want to move a lot of people" and it was not until around
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