DID YOU KNOW? for August 12 – 25, 2025

Alexander Miles (May 18, 1838 – May 7, 1918) invented the mechanism for automatic elevator doors after nearly losing his own daughter down an elevator shaft. Before his invention, people had to manually shut both the shaft and elevator doors before riding safely between floors. In 1887 Miles took out a patent and his designs are largely reflected in elevators used today. Learn more about Alexander Miles here and here.