Otis : giving rise to the modern city / Jason Goodwin.

Main entry:

Goodwin, Jason, 1964-

Title & Author:

Otis : giving rise to the modern city / Jason Goodwin.

Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2001.

Description:

xv, 286 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 Elisha Otis 5 -- Part 2 International 153.

Summary:

"Without it there would be no such thing as a city skyline, or even a city as we know it. Yet Elisha Graves Otis invented the safe elevator almost by accident. He wanted simply to build a machine that would hoist a bedding factory's equipment safely. He built it, all right - and in doing so made possible the construction of the skyscraper and laid the technical foundation for dynamic urban centers around the world." "In Otis: Giving Rise to the Modern City, Jason Goodwin recounts the story of the product and the business that Elisha Otis created. It is a peculiarly American tale of continuous growth and reinvention that continues even today at an ever-faster pace. Founded in 1853 in a ramshackle foundry on the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, the company survived wars and depressions, bested competitors, and never took its eye off technological innovation. It transformed itself from a gritty manufacturer into an inventive engineering power and, ultimately, a sophisticated global enterprise."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1566633850 (alk. paper)
9781566633857 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Otis Elevator Company History.
Otis Elevator Company
Elevator industry United States History.
International business enterprises United States History.
Ascenseurs et monte-charge Industrie États-Unis Histoire.
Entreprises multinationales États-Unis Histoire.
Elevator industry
International business enterprises
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224635
Call No.: HD9715.9.E43 O8 2001
Status: Available

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