Transcript Alexander Miles

Cynthia Camacho
Ms.Tuel
February19, 2015
This was a great way to stop having to manually
open and close the doors.
Alexander Miles Timeline
Alexander
Miles was
born in 1837.
Alexander Miles
invented the
automatic
opening and
closing door.
Alexander
Miles died in
the spring of
1918.
Alexander Miles got married
in Dunlap to Candace.
Candace and Alexander settled in
Dunlap and had one child named
Grace. Grace was born on April 9,
1876.
Interesting facts about
Alexander Miles.
Fact #1
Fact #2
Fact #3
Everyone thought
he made a huge
contribution to the
elevator.
His invention
also broke
down many
regards.
Alexander
Miles became
an inventor on
Oct. 11, 1887.
Fact #4
Alexander Miles
worked as a
real estate
business man
and owned
several houses.
Fact #5
Alexander Miles
was not the only
one who was
awarded this
invention.
Jobs in the hotel!
In 1882 the new St. Louis opened on
Superior Street. The hotel was the
most outstanding hotel in Zenith
City. Miles operated the Hotel
barber shops and bathrooms.
Candace opened her own
dressmaker business.
A reporter from the Daily
Winona News came to
Alexander Miles’ house and
wrote about the successful
man. Miles drove the
reporter around to show off
the amazing parts of Duluth.
They traveled behind a large
group of horses to show how
amazing Zenith City was.
The saddest moment in
Alexander Miles’ life was
when his wife Candace
died at the age of 71.
Following her death,
Alexander was very ill and
died in the hospital.