The history of Otis

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
  • The history of Otis in the UK.
    Waygood first started making lifts in 1833.
    Otis first started making lifts in 1853.
    1890s - Otis made their Birdcage design of lift. This was there first type of electric lift. This was very posh, single speed, and driven by a handle. Meanwhile Waygood were also starting to make electric lifts.
    1900s - Waygood merged with the UK division of Otis. WaygoodOtis started making their Tramcar design of lift. This was a single speed automatic lift that did not require an operator. (but an operator was still required for their faster leveling lifts).
    1920s - WaygoodOtis slightly updated their design of automatic lift. Also they started making semi-automatic leveling lifts where the operator would still drive the lift but the lift would level by itself.
    1930s - Otis now made a design of lift that went 1m/s and leveled by itself and had automatic doors and could remember more than one call at a time (like a present day lift). At the time this was amazing state of the art new technology. Otis were making lifts that other companies did not make until the 1960s.
    In the video I also show a 1930s goods lift of this sort. Without the 30s styling it seems like a fairly recent lift - ITS NOT it is actually 1930s - it shows how ahead of their time otis were!
    Also from the 1930s onwards Otis also made cheaper legacy lifts, so that they would not loose trade from the people that could not afford their leveling lifts. These legacy lifts were like the lifts the companies were making, gated and single seed. (I am calling these legacy rather than cheap because they were still good quality and would out last any generic lift of today)
    1960s - updated design, more heavy duty, but not that much different. Otis now also made very fast lifts with touch sensitive buttons.
    1980s - A major update in design and styling. Lifts now have plastic white square buttons.
    1990s to present day - Otis made some very nice posh 2000VFs and some rather dull 2000VFs. Also otis started making gen2s.
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  • @markequinox
    @markequinox 4 роки тому +2

    The 1980s lifts are the ones I’m most familiar with whenever I travelled to the US.

  • @michellebowen1424
    @michellebowen1424 2 роки тому

    Fun fact….I was adopted… birth grandmothers maiden name Is Otis. Extensive geneology showed thst I am a direct descendant of the Otis family. Pretty cool… I search for the name Otis in every elevator I get on.., cry a bit,,, snd take pictures… neat stuff

  • @VijayKumar-in7zw
    @VijayKumar-in7zw 7 років тому

    I had all the old ones WayGood to the latest 1954 series to the sky the Gave us all the training and the maximum Exposure and all products that was there in the area where I was working it takes time to know it's not overnight you can learn I am grateful to the company U T C for giving me the chance to work in their organization and be a part of it Thank you again
    Vijay

  • @CallmenobodWMAO743
    @CallmenobodWMAO743 2 роки тому +1

    Wow look how far they’ve come

  • @aaronthefunnyboi5656
    @aaronthefunnyboi5656 9 років тому +12

    The 1930s otis sounds like the service lift on his game ESCAPE THE SHOPPING CENTRE

  • @duncr
    @duncr 10 років тому +1

    The Otis Gen 2 lift has awesome motor :D

  • @duncr
    @duncr 10 років тому

    Love the old ones the best

  • @express777100
    @express777100 12 років тому +1

    the older lifts that remembered calls were known as preselect, and worked off old controlers that held the relay in untill nearing contact in shaft that slowed it down untill it reached floor level.

  • @funcik1
    @funcik1 12 років тому +1

    Otis VF were the best :) they always look like luxury

  • @finnishelevators0397
    @finnishelevators0397 2 роки тому +3

    6:03 Bitsa
    6:24 Series 1
    7:19 2000/2000 VF
    8:09 GeN2 2000
    8:36 & 8:50 2000 H
    9:08 Cargo 2000
    9:20 2000 H ExpressEvans
    9:50 GeN2 ReGen
    11:03 GeN2 ExpressEvans

  • @jfwfreo
    @jfwfreo 2 роки тому +1

    I finally found somewhere with a properly old lift the other day, got a ride on a 1944 Otis gated lift (as well as a 1934 Johns & Waygood gated lift). I tried to get a ride on a 60s Otis that supposedly has buttons that pop out when you activate them for a call but that one is in the process of being horridly modernized by Otis with crap generic buttons and getting a ride didn't happen.

  • @ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams
    @ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams 6 років тому +3

    The 80s Otis, that’s what the Marriott Marquis used to have!!!

  • @duncr
    @duncr 10 років тому +1

    I love the Otis 2000 lifts

  • @romiagua2746
    @romiagua2746 5 років тому +1

    Fantástico. Adorei as viagens. 🤝

  • @FM60260
    @FM60260 8 років тому +2

    I've found a 1960's Evans lift in Bolton but the motor sounds like the 1930's freight lift at 2:03.

  • @indotravelguy2004
    @indotravelguy2004 11 років тому

    I am just so excited because you found gated lift

  • @CallmenobodWMAO743
    @CallmenobodWMAO743 2 роки тому

    The 1st lift on the list is epic

  • @emmareporter4324
    @emmareporter4324 4 роки тому +1

    2:03: epic motor

  • @Telfuke-ElevatorFan
    @Telfuke-ElevatorFan 8 років тому

    I am a fan of Otis lifts.

  • @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966
    @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966 8 років тому +3

    6:16 this one is a cheap / LM

  • @zacharylagler242
    @zacharylagler242 8 років тому +1

    the only lift from 1853 still in operating condition is in the Cooper Union Federation building in NEW YORK, AND IS BELT DRIVEN.

    • @greenshell389
      @greenshell389 5 років тому

      Modded in the 1950s but the motor was still original

    • @greenshell389
      @greenshell389 5 років тому

      I been on one in 1852

  • @JoshCraver9000
    @JoshCraver9000 11 років тому +2

    Otis is the American elevator company still around, all the other American elevator companies (Dover, Montgomery, United States Elevator Co., Haughton, and Westinghouse) were taken over by foreign elevator companies!

    • @rayfridley6649
      @rayfridley6649 4 роки тому

      Other elevator manufacturers, some maybe now extinct, include A.B.See(folded in the mid-1930s), Shepard, Singer, and Warner.

  • @auturz
    @auturz 6 років тому

    My 2 favorite lifts are: Otis 2000 VF (Glass) and Schindler (all Schindler)

  • @leno4399
    @leno4399 7 років тому

    I love it

  • @liftocado1105
    @liftocado1105 4 роки тому +1

    Where are these Series 1 located at?

  • @naomigauruder3152
    @naomigauruder3152 6 років тому

    The 1940 "goods" sounds like a evil crackle

  • @George-bj5wr
    @George-bj5wr 8 років тому

    I like Otis 2000 VF

  • @emikosh2015
    @emikosh2015 Місяць тому

    My favorite elevator is 2000H on building SCGU Land in 2030

  • @RaniKumari-ci1sd
    @RaniKumari-ci1sd 6 років тому +1

    Kindly provide me 4to 5 literature review on elevator otis industry

  • @danton8302
    @danton8302 7 років тому +2

    8:15 - why does that one sound like a violin? Is it the cable drum on the side of the lift?

    • @LBSiUK
      @LBSiUK 6 років тому

      I don't know what is really making the sound, other than it is called the "Gen2 Aeroplane."

    • @peterfilipcik9000
      @peterfilipcik9000 3 роки тому

      I think Gen2 Airplane motor

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 2 роки тому

      @@LBSiUK Heard its the sound of the lift's belt cables rubbing against each other

  • @sallypreece3591
    @sallypreece3591 6 років тому

    I heard grandma otis voice sat 7:10

  • @finnyseptiana3325
    @finnyseptiana3325 7 років тому

    1900 that means otis has been working to make elevators from 100 years

  • @sallypreece3591
    @sallypreece3591 6 років тому

    Grandma otis also at 7:26

  • @sallypreece3591
    @sallypreece3591 6 років тому

    I have been in the cheap 2000H

  • @Aomicplane
    @Aomicplane 6 років тому +1

    how the hel did they havv camera coloru in 1900

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  6 років тому +2

      Nobody said they had a camera in color in 1900

    • @Aomicplane
      @Aomicplane 6 років тому +1

      tehnhow did it video

    • @blooga3941
      @blooga3941 5 років тому +1

      they did, the first colour image was in 1888, meaning colour video was possible

    • @elirussell5940
      @elirussell5940 5 років тому +1

      @@Aomicplane the videos aren't from the 1900s. He is filming lifts from the 1900s

  • @kriskolo2013
    @kriskolo2013 9 років тому

    Please give me the video where the 7:55 otis 2000 VF is

    • @kriskolo2013
      @kriskolo2013 9 років тому

      ok i now know - westquay shopping centre in southampton

  • @minecraftelevatorsltd4552
    @minecraftelevatorsltd4552 8 років тому +1

    The 1980's One Is An Otis Elevonic 401

    • @moriclawYT
      @moriclawYT 7 років тому

      1980's is otis elevonic 4O1

    • @moriclawYT
      @moriclawYT 7 років тому

      PokemonHoopaElevators actually that looks like otis series 1 but its elevonic 401

    • @diegoalonsodienemannsoto153
      @diegoalonsodienemannsoto153 2 роки тому

      This elevators are more popular in US

  • @lifewithloldolls7115
    @lifewithloldolls7115 5 років тому

    The gen 2 sounds like ur falling down a skyscraper xD

  • @Jorgito_vll
    @Jorgito_vll 6 років тому

    10:29 where is that lift from?