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In 1853, before a lawyer was needed for this kind of pedestrian accident, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke. But that hasn't stopped elevator accidents from occurring since then.

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A 19th-century invention

The design of the OTIS safety is virtually identical to those used today. It consists of a nurled roller that is locked below the elevator platorm at the safety plank when the elevator descends at a given speed, which is monitored by a governor device. On March 23, 1857, the first Otis elevator was installed at 488 Broadway in New York City.

The first elevator shaft preceded the first OTIS elevator by four years. Construction for Peter Cooper's Cooper Union building in New York began in 1853. An elevator shaft was included in the design for Cooper Union, because Cooper was utterly confident a safe passenger elevator would soon be invented; the shaft however was circular because Cooper felt it was the most efficient design. Later Otis designed a special elevator for the school. Today the Otis Elevator Company, now a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transport systems, followed by Schindler, Thyssen-Krupp and Kone, in order.

The first electric elevator was built by Werner von Siemens in 1880. The safety and speed of electric elevators were significantly enhanced by Frank Sprague. The development of both electric and mechanical elevators was led by the need for movement of large amounts of raw materials including coal and lumber from hillsides. The technology developed by these industries and the introduction of steel beam construction worked together to provide the need for the passenger and freight elevators we use today.

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The up-and-down safety history of the elevator;Free questionnaire for accident lawsuit, below . . .

A 19th-century invention

The up-and-down safety history of the elevator;
Free questionnaire for accident lawsuit, below . . .