Treadwheel, also known as treadmill or “everlasting staircase”, penal appliance introduced in 1818 by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (1785–1861) as a means of usefully employing convicts.

Who invented the first treadmill?

William Edward Staub (November 3, 1915 – July 19, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer who invented and developed the first consumer treadmill for home use, the PaceMaster 600, during the late 1960s.

Was the treadmill invented in 1818?

In fact, the engineer who created the treadmill had the same idea in the year 1818. ... When English civil Engineer Sir William Cubitt invented the “treadwheel,” he didn't have fitness on his mind. His device was used to reform convicts.