World of Otis

Site:
http://www.otis.utc.com:80/Index.html

Category:
Companies on the Web

Review (in 1996):

This earnest, often unintentionally funny site includes an escalator-safety page, which recommends extra caution for bifocal wearers (huh?). But the History of the Elevator is kind of fun, reminding us that without elevators there'd be no such thing as skyscrapers (or, for that matter, the opportunity to stand around and make new friends waiting for the elevator).

The information here about the Otis company reveals that it manufactures not just elevators and escalators themselves, but something it calls Modernization Products, like a system of infrared beams to detect passengers entering and exiting the elevator (so that the doors won't close on latecomers). We also found out that its elevators service 60 of the world's 100 tallest buildings, and read an intriguing discussion about how the elevoids use the elevator to install the elevator.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.