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Elisha Graves Otis was the man who invented elevator breaks. He was born on a farm near a city called Halifax, Vermont. He was the youngest of 6 children. His parents' names were Steepen and Phoebe Otis. When he was little, his health was very poor. He went to school in his home town of Halifax, where he was born. His education ended at the age of 19 when he moved away from home.
When he left his home town, he moved to Tory, New York. He lived there for 5 years. For those 5 years, he carried on with building operations. He got sick again and was forced to stop doing strenuous work. So he got another job hauling goods back and forth from Tory to Brattleboro, Vermont. After 3 years of hauling goods from Tory to Brattleboro he saved up a little capital, and bought land on Green River, Vermont, where he built a house and a gristsmill. The gritsmill was not successful, so in turn he built a sawmill. Once his sawmill was built then he started building carriages & wagons. He stayed in......

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