Who discovered the escalator and when?
Escalator treads are an electrically powered stair that rotates continuously. It is useful for climbing or descending stairs without effort.
Instead of climbing all the stairs one by one, we can reach the ground faster with the escalator. Escalators are generally used in multi-story shopping malls, hotels, and train and metro stations.
Jesse Wilford Reno (August 4, 1861 – June 2, 1947) was an American inventor and engineer. He invented the first working escalator in 1891 (patented March 15, 1892) used at the Old Iron Pier, Coney Island, New York City. His invention was referred to as the "inclined elevator." An earlier escalator machine, termed "revolving stairs" by its inventor Nathan Ames, was patented March 9, 1859, but was never built.
Jesse W. Reno built the first escalator in New York on March 15, 1892. They used the first escalator built in Coney Island. The patent for the escalator, which is made literally, was taken by the American inventor Charles A. Wheeler on August 2, 1892. However, since he could not implement the invention, he sold all his rights to Charles D. Seeberger in 1898. The invention was improved with minor additions.
Otis Elevator Co., which is contracted for production. It was tested for the first time on June 9, 1899, at the company's facilities in New York. The first trial by the public was at the Paris Fair in 1900. The ladder, which was brought back to the USA the following year, was installed in Gimbel's stores in Philadelphia and served there until 1939.
The first escalator in England was put into service on October 4, 1911, at Earls Court underground station in London's Piccadilly Square. It was a 13-meter-long Seeberger-type escalator. There were warning sentences on it, such as "Do not sit on the steps", and "Get down with your left foot first". Today, these stairs are used in all areas.