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Otis Catalogue p 1 About Elevators Moving the world Imagine the skyline of a modern city if the elevator didnot exist. Buildings would be limited to five or six stories. Most of the architecture of the 20th and 21st cen... |
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Otis Catalogue p 2 Otis Elevator Company has been safely and efficiently moving peoplefor 150 years. Today, Otis is the world’s largest company in the manufacture and service of elevators, escalators, moving walk... |
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Otis Catalogue p 3 A history of lifts, hoists and early elevators The need for vertical transport is as old as civilization.Over the centuries, mankind has employed ingenious forms of lifting. The earliest lifts used m... |
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Otis Catalogue p 4 Founded on safety Despite these advances, one problem continued to trou-ble the elevator as it had since ancient times. There was no effective way to prevent the hoist from plummeting to earth if the... |
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Otis Catalogue p 5 Innovation and refinement Buildings in major American cities began rising abovethe sixth floor, taking advantage of the new opportunities provided by the safety elevator. Early Otis passengerelevator... |
