Elisha Otis - The First Safety Elevator
                     ELISHA OTIS - THE FIRST 
SAFETY ELEVATOR
INTRODUCTION
The history of elevators would not be the 
same without Elisha Graves Otis, the man 
who patented the look and operation of 
the modern day elevator.
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
BIRTH
He was born on August 3, 1811 in Halifax, 
Vermont, USA to he father Stephen Otis, 
Jr. and mother Pheobe Glynn. Although he 
had talent for craftsmanship and 
inventions he moved from job to job, 
without finding any success. 
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
INVENTION
His first successful invention happened in 
New York where he worked in a bed frame 
factory. He devised solution with helped 
him to automate productions of bedsteads 
and make four times more material than 
with manual work. 
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AUTOMATIC BREAK
With $500 earned from that invention he 
stared his short-lived company where he 
tried to manufacture automatic breaks for 
trains. In 1845 he first came to idea to 
make an elevator with automatic break.
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
SAFE ELEVATORS
In beginning no one take notice of this 
invention, but he gained much publicity 
during 1854 New York World's Fair. There 
he presented his automatic break elevator 
with a demonstration in witch axe man 
cut the rope that held the elevator with 
Otis in it. After that his company started 
getting many orders of his safe elevators 
every year.
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
MASS ELEVATOR
In 1870 nine story building was made with 
internal structure already prepared for 
installment of elevators. This moment 
marked the starting point of mass 
elevator usage in USA and the world.
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OTIS ELEVATOR 
COMPANY
Today Otis Elevator Company holds the 
majority share in production and 
installment of modern elevators and 
escalators in the world. His elevators were 
installed in some of the most famous 
buildings in the world, including Eiffel 
Tower, Empire State Building, World Trade 
Center and Burj Khalifa (as of 2010 the 
tallest building in the world).
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
DEATH
Elisha Graves Otis (aged 49) died at the 
April 8, 1861 suffering from the effects of 
diphtheria illness.
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http://www.elevatorhistory.net/
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