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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.
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles [7] Otis founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York, in 1853. When he died in 1861 his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business.
Although not much is known about John Otis, his son, John Otis (generally referred to as "Judge Otis") was the first of the family to rise to provincial eminence. Judge Otis held a variety of judicial and military appointments and represented Barnstable County for 20 successive years in the general court of Massachusetts Bay. In 1708, he was ...
Otis was born in Halifax, Vermont. His father was Elisha Otis , inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family that is counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He attended public schools in Halifax, Albany , Hudson , and Yonkers, New York .
Elisha Otis (1811–1861), American inventor and industrialist, inventor of an elevator safety device and founder of Otis Elevator Company Eliza Ann Otis (1833–1904), American poet, journalist, and philanthropist, co-founder, publisher and associate editor of the Los Angeles Times newspaper
Elisha is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, and Baha'i writings. Other persons with the same given name include: ... Elisha Otis (1811–1861), ...
Elisha Otis; R. Otis Elevating Railway; S. Charles Seeberger; T. Danilo Talanskas; W. Ralph Weller This page was last edited on 5 June 2022, at 06:35 (UTC). Text is ...
Pages in category "Otis family" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Elisha Otis; Eliza Ann Otis; Elwell Stephen Otis; Harrison Gray Otis ...