Birthdate: August 3, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Halifax, Vermont, United States
Died: April 8, 1861
Elisha Graves Otis, an American industrialist, is renowned for inventing the safety elevator in 1853, a breakthrough that prevented elevators from freefall in case of hoisting cable failure. Following the successful demonstration of his invention at the New York Crystal Palace, he established the Otis Elevator Company in 1854. Otis also made significant contributions to technology by inventing a railway safety brake, patenting a steam plow, rotary oven, and oscillating steam engine. His company is credited with popularizing the term “escalator” for continuous-loop moving staircases. United Technologies acquired the Otis Elevator Company in 1976 before it became an independent elevator company in April 2020.
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