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Who invented the Escalators

  1. Jesse Reno

  2. Charles See Berger

  3. Otis Elevator Company

  4. Nathan Ames
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Explanation

Jesse W. Reno invented the first working escalator in 1891, patented as the 'Endless Conveyor or Elevator.' While Nathan Ames received an earlier patent in 1859 for an 'Revolving Stairs,' his design was never actually built. Charles Seeberger later collaborated with the Otis Elevator Company to produce the first commercially successful escalator. Otis is a company, not an individual inventor.

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