Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1852 i hangaia e Elisha Otis te ararewa haumaru, e mutu ana ina pakaru te taura ararewa. I muri i tētahi whakaaturanga i te
1853 New York World's Fair, i whakapumautia e te umanga ararewa te pono. I whakatuhia te Kamupene Otis Elevator i Yonkers, New York, i te 1853 e Elisha Otis. I te matenga o Elisha i te tau 1861, ka honoa e ana tama a Charles raua ko Norton, ka haere tonu te pakihi. I te American Civil War, ko o ratou ararewa i roto i te tono tiketike e tika ana ki te kaipuke o ngā rauemi whawhai. I hokona e nga umanga puta noa i te United States. I te tau 1864, me te hononga o J.M. Alvord, i mohiotia te kamupene ko Otis Brothers & Co. I te tau 1867, i whakatuwherahia e Otis tetahi wheketere i Yonkers, New York, te taone i whakatuhia ai te kamupene.