On This Day In Black History Oct 11 - Alexander Miles

AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTOR PATENTS THE ELECTRIC ELEVATOR

African American inventor Alexander Miles patents the electric elevator. He did not invent the elevator however he improved the method of the opening and closing of elevator doors; and he improved the closing of the opening to the elevator shaft when an elevator was not on that floor.

Alexander Miles (May 18, 1838 – May 7, 1918) was an American inventor and businessman, best known for being awarded a patent for automatically opening and closing elevator doors. He was awarded U.S. Patent 371,207 on October 11, 1887.

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