ocr: B R, l - L L JOHN RENNIE JESSE RENO D 1761-1821 fl.1894 E F N 1786, the - HE ESCALATOR was invented Scottish engineer by an American entrepreneur a John Rennie was named Jesse Reno. His escalator was asked to build the a continuously moving slope with a machinery for the safety rail. It was first used asa Albion flour mills novelty ride at Coney Island, New M inLondon. Rennie included one of York in1 1891. Todemonstrate its the earliest clutches for disengaging safety on London's underground the power to the machinery. railway, a man However, Rennie is most famous with a wooden R for building ...