History
Elevators As Communications Systems
In this History article, your author examines a lesser-known application of VT technology. The editorial focus of this month’s issue is Communications Systems. While this subject has a rich history...
The Car That Otis Built
The company’s design background goes beyond lifts. If you had been a horse back in 1906, you probably would have been mad at the Otis Elevator Co. Not because you...
The A17.1 Centennial
A complex story meaningfully told Centennial celebrations offer unique opportunities to pause, look backward (and forward) and reflect on the meaning and importance of past events. The new Elevator World,...
Elevator Entrapments in the United States: 1880-1930
Reports of passengers being caught had become fairly common in VT’s early days. In 1880, a humorous short story titled “The Gay Widow” appeared in numerous American newspapers. The story...
A Special Effects Elevator
Exploring the entertainment side of VT Elevator patents, from the 19th century to the present, typically include an introduction that explains the basis, need and/or rationale for the proposed invention....
Building R. Waygood and Otis Elevator Co. in the U.K.
Ambitious engineer made his mark in the early days of vertical transportation. In 1833, Richard Waygood started his business in Beaminster in Dorset. Feeling that his native town did not...
Hydraulic Elevators in Europe and the U.S.
In this History article, we learn that VT technology was an international story from the very beginning. The history of vertical-transportation (VT) technology has, from the very beginning, been an...
“The Vertical Transport of Goods”
Examination of a 1932 brochure by U.K. manufacturer Marryat & Scott reveals an early VT industry encounter with modern architecture. In 1932, the firm of Marryat & Scott, Ltd. published...
Historic Chicago Stock Exchange Elevator Enclosures
The history of the organic design behind Louis Sullivan’s works of art from 1894 There are countless reasons to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. With more than 300,000 incredible...
1950s Innovations in Elevator Cab Design
This History article examines cabin-access innovations that arose from the development of operator-less elevators in the early 1950s. The founding of Elevator World, Inc. in 1953 coincided with the introduction...
