From steam-powered lifts to Elisha Graves Otis' groundbreaking safety hoist in the 1850s, the invention of electric elevators revolutionized vertical mobility, giving rise to soaring skyscrapers and reshaping city skylines. Includes 1754 steam powered elevator, 1857 Otis's first passenger elevator, electronic-powered elevators, automatic elevators, skyscrapers, and space elevators.