The credit of bringing the lift into general use in hotels and dwelling houses is probably due to the Americans. They adapted a principle that was known nearly 2000 years ago, and used in the Coliseum at Rome to take the wild beasts to the arena from their dens below the level of the ground.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 9
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