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The first vacuum was made by Daniel Hess. This system cauptured dust and dirt into two water chambers.
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Ives McGaffey invented a bulky vacuum that ran on belt and hand crank.
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Melville Bissell desgns a vacuum for his wife Anna.
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Hubert Cecil Booth created the first electric vacuum cleaner pulled by a horse. It had a 100 foot hose to reach into houses.
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James Murray sells his portable electric vacuum patent to William Hoover.
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Fred Wardell starts Eureka vacuum cleaner company. His vacuums were versatile and lightweight.