Introduction -- Ch. 1. Technological origins: freight hoists in England and America, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 2. Ascending rooms and vertical railways: the passenger elevator, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 3. An emerging ...

On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented. His seemingly simple invention was designed to stop a platform ...

Homeowners at the 95-year-old Commodore Condominiums voted Wednesday to replace the 11-story building’s vintage manual passenger elevator – thought to be the only one of its kind left in Kentucky − ...

In most modern buildings, people use elevators countless times without giving much thought to what goes on inside that small cabin. Yet there is one feature that almost everyone notices the moment the ...

The Global Smart Elevator Market Size projected to grow at a CAGR of 1.60% from 2026 to 2032, according to a new report ...