On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented. His seemingly simple invention was designed to stop a platform ...

The skyline of Manhattan—or of any other metropolis—would be completely different were it not for the Otis Elevator Co. Founder Elisha Graves Otis made the first safe and practical elevator in the ...

In Manhattan’s new $10 million, 22-story Universal Pictures Building on Park Avenue, visitors were introduced last week to the latest elevator wrinkle. In Universal’s double bank of eight elevators ...

Elisha Graves Otis born on August 3, 1811, was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. The success of his company was made possible by his invention of a safety device that ...

FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Otis Elevator Co. on Tuesday marks 150 years in business, from its start using a platform hooked to a rope and wagon spring to a worldwide company that lifts passengers billions ...

In 1894, some ten years before automobiles mainstreamed horizontal transportation, the Otis Elevator Company installed the world’s first push-button elevator. Arguably this small vehicle did more to ...

The world’s first modern commercial elevator went into service in a New York City department store on March 23, 1857. Designed by Elisha Graves Otis and installed at the E.V. Haughwout store on ...

Otis is the largest global elevator and escalator supplier by revenue with around 18% global market share. In 1854 Otis’ founder and namesake Elisha Graves Otis, invented a safety mechanism that ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: -- Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the modern elevator, in 1811 -- World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle in 1900 -- ...