About Elevators Moving the world - Otis （关于电梯移动世界奥的斯）.pdf

About Elevators Moving the world Imagine the skyline of a modern city if the elevator did not exist. Buildings would be limited to five or six stories. Most of the architecture of the 20th and 21st century would be impossible. Office towers, hotels and high-rise apartments would hardly stand in their present form. But in 1852, one man helped change the face of the world’s cities. That was the year Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety elevator, giving rise to the modern skyline. To gain some idea of the effect of this one advancement, consider that today, elevators move the equivalent of the world’s population every 72 hours. About Elevators 1 of 14 Otis Elevator Company has been safely and efficiently moving people for 150 years. Today, Otis is the world’s largest company in the manufacture and service of elevators, escalators, moving walks and people-moving equipment. With more than 1.2 million installations and 61,000 employees, Otis can be found almost anywhere around the globe. By creatively applying new technologies, Otis Elevator Company continues to set precedents for ride quality, reliability and safety throughout the industry. This spirit of innovation, combined with out- standing customer service, has earned Otis elevators a prominent place in 10 of the world’s 20 tallest buildings. , Elisha Graves Otis was born in 1811 on a farm in Halifax, Vermont. As a young man, he tried his hand at sev- eral careers, all with limited success. But, in 1852, his luck changed when his employer, the Bedstead