September 20, 2023, marked 170 years of business for Otis Elevator Company, commemorating the first sale of an elevator with Elisha Otis' safety brake.

The invention sparked a new industry that made elevators safe and spurred new ways for cities to grow and for people to move.

In this timeline, you’ll find many interesting milestones that helped Otis Elevator Company become the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company.

Otis can now be found nearly everywhere people are on the move.

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