The first passenger elevator got off to a slow start. Installed in 1857 at the Haughwout Department Store in New York, it was shut down after just three years because customers refused to accept it.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American 2013 marks 160 years since Elisha Graves Otis ...

Otis Elevator Company, a division of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp., tests and develops elevator components in Bristol at the company’s 117-meter test tower. The facility has a quality ...

__1857: __Attention shoppers: The first commercial elevator goes safely up and down in a New York City department store. Like air conditioning and public transportation, elevators are supposed to make ...

MADRID, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- There are more than six million elevators in use in Europe today. In many European countries, more than half of these elevators are at least 25 years old.