Elevators: they’re a modern convenience that we take for granted. But maybe we shouldn’t. This week we bring you two stories about the terror and death in a 6 by 6 foot elevator car.
SOURCES:
https://time.com/4700084/elevator-patent-history-otis-safety/
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/elisha-otis-gets-sales-lesson-p-t-barnum/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-down
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/28/nyregion/the-big-city-aftermath-of-40-hours-in-an-elevator.html
https://www.hauntedrooms.com/texas/dfw/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/the-adolphus
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