It all started with Elisha Otis at the worlds fair. This is what made elevators safe enough for people to ride. Susan Collins' Re-Election Prospects Dim Why Lions QB Jared Goff had to buy a year ...

— -- After Elisha Otis created the safety elevator in 1852, the world changed. The Connecticut inventor, who was born 201 years ago today, perfected a safety brake that prevented an elevator ...

On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented.

Otis is the largest global elevator and escalator supplier by revenue with around 18% global market share. In 1854 Otis’ founder and namesake Elisha Graves Otis, invented a safety mechanism that ...