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As construction continues on Bentley's car-elevating skyscraper in Miami, Florida, the British luxury automaker has taken the wraps off its penthouse suite and put it up for sale. The plush residence ...

Introduction -- Ch. 1. Technological origins: freight hoists in England and America, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 2. Ascending rooms and vertical railways: the passenger elevator, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 3. An emerging ...