Face To Face With Creatures Of `The Deep' -- In An Otis Elevator.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available HULL, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 From a vantage point reminiscent of the panoramic bow of Captain Nemo's "Nautilus nautilus, in zoology nautilus, cephalopod mollusk belonging to the sole surviving genus (Nautilus) of a subclass that flourished 200 million years ago, known as the nautiloids. ," the legendary submarine of Jules Vern's classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," passengers in a glass-enclosed elevator experience a 360-degree view of the exotic underwater world Underwater World may refer to:
Moray. For Scottish names spelled thus, use Murray. Moray, council area and former county, Scotland Moray (mûr`ē) eels and thousands of other species of sea life. In the watery depths of the world's only "Submarium," here on England's North Sea coast in a tourist attraction Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" called "The Deep," an Otis elevator rises like a bubble of air in a 10-meter (33 feet) deep aquarium that opened in March in Kingston on Hull. Otis Elevator Company The Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally elevators and escalators. Founded in Yonkers, New York, USA in 1853 by Elisha Otis, the company pioneered the development of the safety elevator, which used a special is a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UTX UTX United Technologies Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) UTX Unreal Texture (a texture pack for Unreal-engine games) UTX Unit Training Exercise UTX Under Track Crossing ). The Deep, the city of Hull's landmark millennium project, consists of four elements - visitor attraction, business center, lifelong learning center and research facility - housed in two buildings set around the aquarium, which holds 2.3 million liters (600,000 gallons) of water. The Deep features an exotic array of marine life and an Otis elevator ride that gives visitors an under water view of roving sharks, hogfish, green moray eels and thousands of other fish circling the transparent Italian-designed elevator cab. "We were presented with a challenging opportunity of designing, developing and installing a vertical transportation system that allows visitors to view life under water," said Didier Michaud, managing director of Otis United Kingdom. "It was an unusual request for which our engineers found the perfect solution." The elevator system was developed and incorporated into The Deep building designed by award-winning English architect Sir Terry Farrell. "Otis engineers did a fine job of creating this unique transportation system and the elevator journey is now part of the overall experience of visiting the submarium," said Farrell. The custom-designed panoramic elevator, with a curved acrylic wall and bubble top, was installed in 18 weeks. The system has a load capacity of 1,350 kilograms (2,970 pounds) and travels at a comfortable 1.0 meter per second (200 feet per minute). Tourists enter the cab at bottom, or ground level, of the aquarium. As the cab rises to the top, it pauses halfway to give riders a chance to observe the fascinating underwater world. The Hull Millennium Commission raised the funding for the 45.5 million pound (US $65 million) Deep Millennium Project. Construction for the project was handled and managed by Bovis Lend Lease, a long-time strategic partner of Otis and Otis UK's largest new equipment customer. The underwater elevator system was part of a larger five-elevator unit Otis contract. Otis Elevator Company, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of United Technologies Corporation, is the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people moving products, including elevators, escalators, shuttle systems and moving walkways. Headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, USA, Otis employs more than 60,000 people, offers products and services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains more than 1.2 million elevators and escalators worldwide. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.100102/bb1 |
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