Elisha Otis

By rinatubi

  • Elisha Otis birth

  • Invents a safety latch for hoisting equipment

  • Starts a company to manufacture safe elevators.

  • Demonstration of elevator

    Otis demonstrates the elevator at the World's Fair, Crystal Palace exposition in New York City

  • after his death his sons form Otis Brothers & Company

  • Impact

    Over 2,000 Otis elevators were in use in office buildings, hotels and department stores

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