Kufuphi neeofisi zoNyango lweZindlu eNew York City yindawo enemigangatho emihlanu ye-EV. Isakhiwo sokuzikhukhumeza. Bekungayi kuba nzima ukuhamba kumgangatho ophezulu, kodwa ngo-1857, ngekhe ubenjalo ngenxa yokuba le yindawo yayo ilifti yokuqala kwezorhwebo kwisiXeko saseNew York , yenziwe (ngubani omnye?) uElisha Otis. Nantsi indlela etshintshe ngayo yonke into.
Umnumzana u-Otis waseka inkampani yakhe ngo-1852 xa wayila ilifti yokhuseleko- inguquko kuba yayisebenzisa umphunga ukuphakamisa imithwalo inyusa isenyuka (oko kwakusele kusenzeka kwimizi-mveliso emininzi yosuku), kodwa ngenxa yokuqhekeka kwayo kokhuseleko. Ukubonisa ukwenziwa kwakhe (kunye nokunyusa inkampani yakhe esokolayo), u-Otis wabonisa kwi-Fair World ye-1854 kwisiXeko saseNew York ngomzekelo wesinyusi sakhe. Ngaphezulu kwesihlwele esihlangeneyo, ubonakalisile ukuba imveliso yakhe ikhuseleke kangakanani ngokusika intambo ngokumisa iqonga lelifti yakhe. Yaphosa kuphela iisentimitha ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ibreyikhi yokhuseleko iyicothise ukuba iye kuma, ukuyikhusela ekungqubekeni emhlabeni.
Ukusebenza kwakhe kwakusebenza. Ngeedola ezingama-300 pop, wathengisa iilifti ezisixhenxe ngaloo nyaka, nge-15 ngo-1855 kwaye wasungula ishishini elisaphumeleleyo nanamhlanje.
Ngo-1857, uMnu. Otis wathengisa enye yeelifti zakhe UEV. I-Haughwout kunye neNkampani Imfashini yefashoni-ivenkile yesebe ethengisa iglasi esikiweyo, izinto zesilivere, i-china kunye neekhandlela. Nangona ivenkile yayinamabali amahlanu kuphela ubude, ngokufanayo nakwezinye izakhiwo ngelo xesha, abaniniyo babenethemba lokuba izinto ezintsha zekheshi zaziza kuzisa abathengi.
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Isilumkiso seSpoiler: Kuyenzile. Ngapha koko, uMnu Otis waqala ukuthengisa iikhetshi ezingaphezulu, naye. Okuninzi nokuninzi. Ngoo-1870 bekukho iilifti ezingama-2000 ze-Otis ezazisenkonzweni. Enkosi ngokulula kokuzikala, izakhiwo zikwazile ukunyuka ngaphezulu kunakuqala. Kwaye njengoko isibhakabhaka saseNew York sitshintshile, ngokunjalo noqoqosho .
Khawufane ucinge ngo-1850 kwaye uhlala kumgangatho wesine (phezulu!) Kumgangatho wendlu yokuhlala. Ngokuqinisekileyo, unokuba nembono engcono, kodwa ukwenyuka iinqwelo-moya ezine ezingafanelekanga ngalo lonke ixesha ungena okanye uphuma ukuze ubhatale imali engaphantsi kuneyommelwane wakho onethamsanqa ohlala kumgangatho ophantsi. Khawulezisa phambili iminyaka engama-30 kwaye uye wafudukela kwesinye isakhiwo esinekheshi entsha (kwaye enkosi kuThixo kuba uneminyaka engama-30 ubudala kwaye amadolo akho ayakubulala). Kodwa linda, umnini-khaya wakho omtsha ufuna ixabiso eliphindwe kabini kumgangatho ophezulu kuba kukude kuyo yonke ingxolo kunye nokungcola kwesitalato ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kokuhamba.
Njengokuba izakhiwo zikhula zisiba zide, abanini babengenakukwakha kuphela iiflethi okanye iiofisi kumhlaba wobungakanani obufanayo, banokubabiza ngaphezulu. Ekuphela kwento ababefanele ukuyenza kukuqesha umntu osebenzisa ilifti. Lo msebenzi usandula ukwenziwa wawuyimfuneko kuba, ngokungafaniyo nezinyusi zanamhlanje, iimodeli zakuqala zazingumgaqo-zilawulwa yi-lever eyaqala kwaye yamisa indlela. Abaqhubi bafuna ixesha lokuhamba ngokugqibeleleyo ukuhambisa ikhabhathi yabo kumgangatho ochanekileyo.
Gcina Ncamathisela Bona eminye imifanekiso (Ityala lemifanekiso: Nancy Mitchell)
Usenokuthi ikheshi yokhuseleko yase-Otis yayiyeyona ndawo iphambili kwisiXeko saseNew York kwisiqingatha sesibini senkulungwane ye-19-yayisisiseko sokutshintsha komzimba, ezoqoqosho nezentlalo. Umgxeki wezakhiwo u-Barr Ferree yatsho ngoluhlobo :
Uyilo oluthe nkqo alunakwenzeka, okokuqala, ngaphandle kwesinyusi, isilinganisi esikhulu sempucuko, ethi… ngenkonzo ekhawulezileyo ekhawulezayo, yenza ukuba umgangatho wamashumi amabini kunganzima ukufikelela kuwo kunowesithathu. … Ngaphandle [kwekhetshi] ukufaneleka kwayo [kwesakhiwo eside] ngekuhambe; ngaphandle kwawo amabali ayo aphezulu ngewayengafikeleleki njengentaba.
Ngendlela, igama elithi penthouse alifikanga de kwaba li-1920's. Uqoqosho olwandayo lwala minyaka ilishumi lwenza ukuba abantu bahlale ezindlwini, kwiindawo ezinophahla oluphezulu kwaye kamva zaduma kwezo zakhiwo zindala ngexesha lowe-1929. Yonke le nto yenziwa lilifti yokuqhekeza ukhuseleko kaMnu. Otis.
