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title: "Who invented the Elevator?"  
description: "Who invented the Elevator?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-08-30  
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category: "innovation, discovery and technology"  
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# Who invented the Elevator?

Who invented the Elevator?\
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## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**Elisha Graves Otis invented the Elevator**. Otis was an [American Industrialist](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43482/what-writers-wrote-books-that-turned-many-americans-against-slavery), founder of the **“Otis Elevator Company”** and also invented the [Safety Device](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33377/which-activity-lifecycle-method-gets-called-whenever-the-screen-of-the-device-turns-off-an-then-turns-on) that prevents [Elevators](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49026/which-company-is-ahead-in-elevator-innovations) from falling if the hoisting cable fails.

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Elisha Graves Otis was born in **Halifax, Vermont in the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43479/why-was-the-battle-of-midway-so-important-to-the-united-states) on August 3, 1811**. He and his two sons who were also the thinkers [designed](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44601/the-union-commerce-and-industry-ministry-introduced-the-footwear-design-and-development-institute-fddi-bill-2017-in-the-lok-sabha-who-is-the-union-commerce-and-industry-minister) their own **“safety elevator” and tested it successfully**. After the [invention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31385/what-has-been-the-world-s-greatest-invention-and-why), he made several sales. Later the bedstead company declined. Then, he took the opportunity to set up the Elevator Company on his own; initially named **“Union Elevator Works”** and later changed to **“Otis Brothers & Company”**. After a lot of struggles, he started receiving continuous orders, doubling by each year. In that period he developed different types of [engines](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38302/what-is-the-main-difference-between-innodb-myisam-mysql-database-engines), like a three-way steam valve engine which could transition the elevator between up to down and stop it rapidly. ![Who invented the Elevator?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/49cfed69-16bb-45ce-9974-f73e9197ae2b/images/7855dbc2-37cc-4469-9756-a80b8652e480.jpeg)\
The Otis Brothers & Company, now known as the Otis Elevator Company continued to make improvements in elevator safety and efficiency. Today, **it is the [world's](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49720/which-singer-of-india-has-got-honor-to-be-listed-in-guinness-book-of-world-record) largest manufacturer of elevators and escalators, while Tufts is known more for his inventions of the steam-powered printing press and the steam-powered pile driver.** \


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