Question

Where was the first "stair-step" escalator permanently installed after its debut at the Paris Expo?
Gimbels department store, Philadelphia
The Woolworth building, New York
The Empire State building
Bloomingdales, New York

Answer 1

On March 15, 1892, Jesse W. Reno patented the "Endless Conveyor or Elevator."[13] A few months after Reno's patent was approved, George A. Wheeler patented his ideas for a more recognizable moving staircase, though it was never built.[14] Wheeler’s patents were bought by Charles Seeberger; some features of Wheeler’s designs were incorporated in Seeberger’s prototype built by the Otis Elevator Company in 1899.

Reno, a graduate of Lehigh University, produced the first working escalator (he actually called it the "inclined elevator") and installed it alongside the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island, New York City in 1896.[15] This particular device was little more than an inclined belt with cast-iron slats or cleats on the surface for traction, and traveled along a 25° incline. A few months later, the same prototype was used for a month-long trial period on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Reno eventually joined forces with Otis, and retired once his patents were purchased outright. Some Reno-type escalators were still being used in the Boston subway until construction for the Big Dig precipitated their removal. The Smithsonian Institution considered re-assembling one of these historic units from 1914 in their collection of Americana, but "logistics and reassembly costs won out over nostalgia", and the project was discarded.[16]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator

Answer 2

No wait, I don't think that info is right.

Answer 3

Any ideas ?

Answer 4

I'm really not sure. :/

Answer 5

I don't think it's C or D.

Answer 6

I think its A.

Answer 7

I agree.

Answer 8

;^) a

Answer 9

Wow..