In 1894, some ten years before automobiles mainstreamed horizontal transportation, the Otis Elevator Company installed the world’s first push-button elevator. Arguably this small vehicle did more to ...

A donkey, an ancient Greek mathematician and a band of medieval monks all played a part in the invention of the modern elevator. But the stunt that made the contraption famous -- and forever altered ...

DOTHAN — A 132-year-old elevator inside a former downtown Dothan hardware store could be brought back into working condition, which would make it the oldest operating elevator from the company that ...