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Escalator


1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies

1938 Carla Bley, Carla Borg, Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill

1926 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands

1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co

1892 Charles A. Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator

1892 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City)


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