Labels:text OCR: A B NO C ELISHA OTIS safe hoist with toothed guide rails 1811-1861 and he went on to found his own E elevator business, which he named F the Otis Steam Elevator Company. G In 1857, Otis' company installed H the first passenger elevator in E.V. I Haugh wout and Co ., a New York K china store. To demonstrate its L M safety, Otis stood in the elevator and ordered that the rope be cut. N His safety device worked and has been used ever since. Otis' elevators enabled architects P Q ELISHA GRAVES OTIS was to envisage buildings more than a an American mechanic who few stories high. In this way, he R S worked in a New York bedding revolution ized the skylines in cities T factory. The hoist ropes he used to around the world. lift machinery to the upper floors would often snap, causing the W platform to plummet downward. Y By 1852, Otis had developed a Elevator 7 M
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