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Otis
Otis may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Otis'' (film), a direct-to-DVD 2008 American comedy horror film * "Otis" (''The Jeffersons''), a television episode * "Otis" (''Prison Break''), a television episode Music * ''Otis'' (Brian McFadden album), 2019 * ''Otis'' (Mojo Nixon album), 1990 * "Otis" (song), by Jay-Z and Kanye West, 2011 * "Otis", a song by Magma from '' Merci'', 1985 * "Otis", a song by Medeski Martin & Wood from '' Notes from the Underground'', 1992 * "Otis", a song by The Durutti Column from ''24 Hour Party People'' (soundtrack), 2002 * "Otis", a song by John Medeski from '' A Different Time'', 2013 People and fictional characters * Otis (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Otis (surname), a list of people * Otis (wrestler), a ring name of American professional wrestler Nikola Bogojević (born 1991) * Otis family, an American political family * Otis, American rapper in the duo Axe Murder Boyz Places United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Worldwide
Otis Worldwide Corporation ( branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) styled as OTIS is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally focusing on elevators, escalators, and moving walkways. The company pioneered the development of the "safety elevator", invented by Elisha Otis in 1852, which used a special mechanism that locked the elevator car in place against hoisting rope failure. The Otis Elevator Company was acquired by United Technologies in 1976, and was spun off as an independent company 44 years later in April 2020 as Otis Worldwide Corporation. Its slogan is "Made to move you". History The booming elevator market In 1852, Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator, which was automatically halted in a hoisting rope failure. After a demons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis, Indiana
Otis is an unincorporated community in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. History Settled in 1851, the town was named Salem Crossing by the Michigan Southern Railroad along whose tracks the community grew. By the time the village was platted in 1870, it was called LaCroix, courtesy of the Monon. The town served as an important station during the Civil War since all soldiers from northern Indiana were required to travel by Monon troop trains south from LaCroix. The community bustled with the arrivals and departures of troops and the hotels and merchants thrived on the needs of soldiers for rooms, food and store goods. It was along the Monon that the funeral train of the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Illinois. Although the funeral cortege was not scheduled to stop at LaCroix, the crowd which had gathered around the refueling train was so large that the officials allowed the waiting people to view the body of the fallen president. After the war, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis, Colorado
Otis is a Statutory Town in Washington County, Colorado, United States. The population was 511 at the 2020 census. History Otis was established in 1882 as a construction campsite for workers building the Burlington & Missouri River rail line from Lincoln Nebraska to Denver, Colorado. According to tradition, the community was named after W. O. Otis, a pioneer settler. The post office opened in 1886 and the town was platted in 1887. Geography Otis is located at (40.150645, -102.962521). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Otis has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. See also *Outline of Colorado *Index of Colorado-related articles *Colorado municipalities The U.S. State of Colorado has 273 active municipalities, comprising 198 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. The City and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis, Iowa
Otis is an area in the city of Cedar Rapids in Linn County, Iowa, United States. History The community was named for Harrison Gray Otis, a Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ... politician. References Neighborhoods in Iowa {{LinnCountyIA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis (bird)
''Otis'' is a genus of bustard containing a single living species, the great bustard ''(Otis tarda)''. Several extinct species are known, including the recently described '' Otis hellenica'' from the Turolian of Greece. At , it was larger than its extant relative. Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''; it came from the Greek name ''ōtis'' taken from ''Natural History'' by Pliny the Elder published around 77 AD which briefly mentions a bird like it. These names were further mentioned by Pierre Belon in 1555 and Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1600. Linnaeus placed four species in the genus, but the type species was designated as the great bustard (''Otis tarda'') by George Robert Gray George Robert Gray (8 July 1808 – 6 May 1872) was an English zoology, zoologist and author, and head of the Ornithology, ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Hotel
The Otis Hotel, also known as the Hotel Indigo Spokane Downtown, is a historic five-story building in Spokane, Washington. It was designed by Arthur W. Cowley and Archibald G. Rigg, and built in 1911 for Dr. Joseph E. Gandy. With The single room occupancy (SRO) was first known as the Willard Hotel, and later through ownership changes as the Atlantic Hotel, the Earle Hotel, and then the Otis Hotel in 1956. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 2, 1998. The building is also listed as a contributing property to the NRHP's West Downtown Historic Transportation Corridor. After the completion of a $15 million renovation to convert the building from low income apartments back into a hotel in early 2020, the building was reopened as the Hotel Indigo Spokane and is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group. History Commissioned by Dr. Joseph E. Gandy the Otis Hotel was built in 1911. Gandy was one of Spokane's early civic leaders. After arriving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis College Of Art And Design
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarters at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester, Los Angeles. The school's programs, accredited by the WSCUC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include BFA and MFA degrees. History Otis, long considered one of the major art institutions in California, began in 1918, when ''Los Angeles Times'' founder Harrison Gray Otis bequeathed his Westlake, Los Angeles, property to start the first public, independent professional school of art in Southern California. However, Otis would not live to see the college's grand opening as he died the previous year in 1917. The current Otis College main campus (since spring 1997) is located in the Westchester area of Los Angeles, close to the Los Angeles International Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Otis
The McDonald Heights () are broad, mainly snow-covered heights about long and rising over between Cape Burks and Morris Head on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The heights are bounded southward by Hull Glacier, Kirkpatrick Glacier and Johnson Glacier. Discovery and name The McDonald Heights were photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–1941. They were observed and partially mapped from during February 1962, and were mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1965. The heights were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Edwin A. McDonald, United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ..., Deputy Commander of the United States Naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Air National Guard Base
Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was known as Otis Air Force Base prior to its transfer from the active duty Air Force to the Air National Guard. In the local community, it is more commonly known as Otis Air Base or simply Otis. It was named in honor of pilot and Boston surgeon Lt. Frank Otis, Frank "Jesse" Otis. Today major units include the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Coast Guard Base Cape Cod and the 102nd Intelligence Wing. Other units include the wing's 101st Intelligence Squadron, 101st Air Operations Squadron, the 253d Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, the 212th Engineering Installation Squadron, the 267th Combat Communications Squadron, the 202nd Weather Flight, the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (United States), 126th Aviation Regiment, part of the 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Peak
Otis Peak is a mountain summit on the boundary shared by Grand County and Larimer County, in Colorado, United States. Description Otis Peak is set along the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park and southwest of Estes Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains chiefly into tributaries of Glacier Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Big Thompson River, and the lower west slope drains to Grand Lake via North Inlet. A portion of that water that arrives at Grand Lake is then diverted to the east side of the Continental Divide via the Alva B. Adams Tunnel which is bored under Otis Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Loch Vale in one mile. Etymology The mountain's toponym was reported in publications as early as 1915, and was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The peak is named for Dr. Edward Osgood Otis (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis, Wisconsin
Merrill is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,881 at the 2020 census. The city of Merrill is located to the south of and adjacent to the town. The city has incorporated a portion of land that had been part of the town. The unincorporated community of Otis is also located in the town. Geography The town of Merrill is in southern Lincoln County. U.S. Route 51 crosses the town from north to south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.88%, are water. The Wisconsin River forms the southwest border of the town, and the Prairie River crosses the southeast part of the town, joining the Wisconsin in the city of Merrill. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,979 people, 1,125 households, and 895 families residing in the town. The population density was 57.2 people per square mile (22.1/km2). There were 1,210 housing units at an average density of 23.2 per square mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis, Oregon
Otis is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, a half mile north of Otis Junction on Oregon Route 18. It is near the Salmon River. Otis post office was established in 1900 and was named after Otis Thompson, nephew of Archibald S. Thompson, the postmaster. U.S. Route 101 used to pass through Otis until a curvy and hilly section of road was rerouted in the 1960s. Otis Junction is at the intersection of the former terminus of Oregon Route 18 and the former alignment of U.S. 101. The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has an Otis mailing address but is located nearer to the coast on Cascade Head. The Otis ZIP code, 97368, also covers the community of Rose Lodge. Today Otis and Otis Junction are considered synonymous. Otis made the national headlines in 1999 and again in 2004, when it was announced that the town was for sale for $3 million. The news stories describe the Otis Café and other amenities that are at Otis Junction; it is unclear if t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
