ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1411arrow-down1imageAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-213 hours agoEspecially bad when you consider the elevator shouldn’t have fallen in the first place. Elisha Otis invented his automatic elevator brakes in 1853 – designed to instantly stop cars from falling if the cables snap … and the Empire State Building used Otis safety elevators. Given how dead simple and reliable the safety mechanism is something must have gone horrible wrong.
Especially bad when you consider the elevator shouldn’t have fallen in the first place.
Elisha Otis invented his automatic elevator brakes in 1853 – designed to instantly stop cars from falling if the cables snap … and the Empire State Building used Otis safety elevators.
Given how dead simple and reliable the safety mechanism is something must have gone horrible wrong.