Elisha Otis invented the first passenger safety elevator - the patent for which can be seen here - 160 years ago Riding in an elevator used to be dangerous business - until Elisha Otis, of Otis ...

A group of cruise ship passengers have claimed they were stuck in a malfunctioning elevator for more than an hour during a vacation. Adding insult to injury, the five guests say they were banned from ...

Elevator manufacturer Otis (NYSE:OTIS) in Q3 CY2025, with sales up 4% year on year to $3.69 billion. The company expects the ...

FARGO - At least one passenger elevator is working again in the historic Black Building downtown, according to the city inspections office. Earlier this month, city inspections officials gave DTL ...

BOSTON (CBS) - It is the state's responsibility to conduct safety inspections on all passenger elevators. But, an I-Team investigation found thousands of elevators in operation with expired inspection ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—It took nearly three hours to rescue six people stuck in an elevator in Chicago's fourth-tallest building early Friday. A broken hoist rope caused the express elevator to malfunction ...

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The history of the elevator, if you define it as a platform that can move people and objects up and down, is actually a rather long one. Rudimentary elevators are known to have been in use in ancient ...