[VIDEO] Why the Elevator Shaft was Invented Before the Elevator

It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator was invented. Thanks to Prof. O'Donnell and all the team at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

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via Tom Scott

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