Tom Scott - Why The Elevator Shaft Was Invented Before The Elevator, 18112019

It sounds ridiculous, but it's true ... (we believe) at the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator was invented. Thanks to Prof. O'Donnell and all the team at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. You can find out more about the building at: https://cooper.edu/about/history/foundation-building