WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
ELEVATING AMERICA
Profile America — Monday, March 23rd. The ingenuity of one man helped to change the very shape of America's cities — and indeed those around the world. On this date in 1857 in New York City, Elisha Otis installed the first enclosed, commercial passenger elevator. His earlier development of automatic brakes meant that riders were safe, even if the hoisting cable of an elevator broke. Subsequent installations have lifted city skylines, as architects began to design increasingly taller buildings. And reversing centuries of practice, the elevator made the upper floors of a building more desirable for owners and renters than the lower ones. Making and installing elevators and escalators is a nearly $2 billion a year business for some 180 establishments in the U.S., providing jobs for nearly 7,000 people. Profile America is in its 18th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources:
Otis elevators/timeline: http://www.otisworldwide.com/d30-history.html
Impact: http://www.columbiaelevator.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Elevator-History&category=Main
Revenue/NAICS 333921: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_31I2&prodType=table
Establishments and employment/NAICS 333921: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2012_00A1&prodType=table
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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