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World Service,19 Dec 1996,18 mins

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Elevator technology for the future. Elisha Graves Otis discovered an engineering feat that allowed architects to build above six stories; technology now allows for a multi-directional system. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1996.

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