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6 unusual facts about Otis Elevator Company


Angel Heart

Over the end credits, there is a lengthy sequence of Angel inside an ancient iron Otis elevator cage, which is interminably descending, presumably to hell.

Buffalo City Hall

Curtis Elevator Company furnished the first elevators, with additional elevators supplied later by Otis Elevator Company.

John S. Thackrah

He then became Vice President of UTC's Otis Elevator Company division, later returning to Pratt & Whitney as Vice President of Aftermarket Services, and later serving as vice president / general manager of one of its strategic business units.

Old National Bank Building

These five elevators were provided by the Otis Elevator Company, and ran smoothly up the entirety of the building with the help of live elevator operators.

Sea Lion Caves

The elevator took three years to build, but by June 1961, Otis Elevator Company completed the elevator.

The Hamsters

Otis Elevator's came about after seeing a manufacturer's name plate at the base of an escalator in a local shopping mall.


Jardine House

Unusually for a Jardine property, elevators were produced by Otis Elevator, while escalators were manufactured by Schindler Elevator.


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Patricia McMahon Hawkins

During a three year hiatus from the Foreign Service, Pat served as the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of Otis Elevator Company, in Farmington, Connecticut.