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In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke. He demonstrated it at the New York exposition in a dramatic, death-defying presentation in 1854. The first such passenger elevator was installed in New York City three years later, on 23 March 1857.

Persons of interest in the history of elevator

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1811-0803 Elisha Otis* founder of the Otis Elevator Company – Halifax, Vermont USA (1861/49)

1860-0517 Schuyler Wheeler* electrical engineer/inventor of the electric fan, the electric elevator and the electric fire engine  – New York, NY USA (1923/62)

Elevator companies - all the major ones make escalators as well. Given in the list the name of the company as it stands in elevators. the foundation year, company headquarters and some of the major buildings where you see their elevators.

OTIS - Founded in 1853. Farmington, CT USA. Eiffel Tower (1889), Empire State Building (1931), the Skylon Tower (1965), the original World Trade Center (1970-1987), CN Tower (1976), Petronas Twin Towers (1996), Burj Khalifa (2009)

SCHINDLER - Founded in 1874. Morristown, NJ USA

KONE - Founded in 1910. Espoo, Finland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2k_dzwT6IY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_manufacturers

Updated 13.8.2019