Come and learn how a traction elevator works! We'll also explore the history and different types of elevators. Elevators have been around for almost 2000 years. In the 1850s, Elisha Otis invented ...

Sometimes it seems like the elevator door stays open forever and there is a "close door" button for just those times, but does the button work? Elevators are all around us.

Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. But does it work?