Underground railway stations in both London and New York had installed escalators in the early 1900s, with Earl's Court Station getting the first in 1911.

Macy's joined them in 1902 with an installed escalator.ĭespite escalators certainly being invented and used by the time of Steve's death, that's not to say he definitely used or even saw one, but given his time in London, it seems likely. The Siegel Cooper Department Store in New York installed four of the Reno escalators in 1896, while Bloomingdale's in New York installed them in 1900 after it was shown at the World's Fair. Soon enough, escalators began being used commercially. These patents were purchased in 1899 by Charles Seeberger, who made a deal with elevator manufacturer Otis to produce them. Inventor George Wheeler's version of the elevator is more similar to what we recognize today, with steps that flatten at the end. One was also installed at the Brooklyn Bridge just a year later. The earliest working invention of an escalator was patented by Jesse Reno in 1892, and four years later was demonstrated at Coney Island as a novelty ride. This is a reference to how bad the script is. In Wonder Woman 1984, Steve is amazed by an escalator despite them being commonly used in stores by the time he died in 1918.

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