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- Nathan_Ames comment "Nathan Ames (November 17, 1826 in Roxbury, New Hampshire – August 17, 1865 in Saugus, Massachusetts) was a patent solicitor who held the first patent in the United States for an escalator-like machine. The patent (#25,076) was granted on August 9, 1859 for an invention he called "Revolving Stairs". The escalator had steps mounted on a continuous belt or chain.".