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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 city's growth and numerous new skyscrapers made it a profitable market for elevators.
In 2001, due to a dated design flaw, 8-year-old Tucker Smith from Bel Air, Maryland was crushed to death by an Otis Elevator after becoming trapped in the gap between the outside door and the inside gate. [36] On August 14, 2002, Neil Raymond Ricco tripped while exiting an Otis Elevator while working at a Comerica Bank building in San Diego. He ...
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Duke Hospital PRT Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System. Otis Hovair Transit Systems is a type of hovertrain used in low-speed people mover applications. Traditional people mover systems used wheeled vehicles propelled by electric motors or cable traction. The Hovair replaces the wheels with a hovercraft lift pad. The aim is to reduce ...
The Otis Elevator Company Building is a commercial building located in northwest Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3] The single-story building became the Otis Elevator Company's Portland headquarters in 1920, and was used for offices, servicing and parts storage. It remained in use by the Otis company ...
An Illinois-based maker of plastic lids and caps plans to invest $20 million to expand its Bloomington operations and create 21 new jobs with annual pay of about $52,000.. Phoenix Closures ...
A destination dispatch elevator, here using a Compass system from Otis. Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times. This contrasts with the traditional approach, in which ...
Otis Elevator Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois Otis Elevator Company Building (Portland, Oregon) , NRHP-listed Otis Building a 16-story high rise at 10 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois, begun in 1913 and now demolished