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Otis Worldwide Corporation (branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally ...
Elisha Otis. Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. [ 1 ] In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. [ 2 ][ 3 ] On March 23, 1857, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service in the ...
The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall, including its antenna.
Elevator. Outside of typical elevators, shown in an office building in Portland, Oregon. This elevator to the Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station in Berlin is built with glass walls and doors, exposing the inner workings. An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between ...
Became the tallest elevator test tower when completed in January 2020. 2. Jauhar Test Tower [3] Otis. Shanghai, China. 886 ft (270 m) 2018. In Shanghai, the world’s oldest elevator manufacturer is set to make the biggest research and development center for really tall elevators — a really tall test tower. 3.
The cabs were manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company, [87] while the doors were made by the Tyler Company. The dimensions of each elevator were 5.5 feet (1.7 m) deep by 8 feet (2.4 m) wide. [82] Within the lobby, there are ziggurat-shaped Mexican onyx panels above the elevator doors. [66]
November 26, 2008. The Otis Elevator Company Factory Building is a historic industrial building located at 1435 W. 15th Street in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The Otis Elevator Company had the factory built in 1900. The company, then the nation's largest elevator manufacturer, sought to grow its sales in Chicago, as the ...
The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110- story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...