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Otis 100 anos no Brasil 1 - Otis Elevator Company

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50 <strong>Otis</strong> <strong>100</strong> <strong>a<strong>no</strong>s</strong> <strong>no</strong> <strong>Brasil</strong><br />

Princesa Isabel já havia sido destronada pela República,<br />

razão pela qual providencialmente alterou-se o <strong>no</strong>me<br />

daquele marco arquitetônico.<br />

Na verdade, foi aquele o primeiro projeto revolucionário de<br />

transporte urba<strong>no</strong> de massa <strong>no</strong> <strong>Brasil</strong>. Próximo a ele encontra-<br />

se ainda outro meio de transporte vertical, o famoso Elevador<br />

Lacerda, que também liga a cidade alta com a cidade baixa,<br />

em Salvador. O cartão-postal mais conhecido da antiga<br />

Cidade da Bahia também ostenta a marca <strong>Otis</strong>.<br />

Sua entrada <strong>no</strong> país coincidiu, portanto, com a época em<br />

que já se podia vislumbrar a efervescência de idéias e<br />

acontecimentos que modificariam a sociedade brasileira<br />

para sempre <strong>no</strong>s <strong>a<strong>no</strong>s</strong> seguintes.<br />

k<strong>no</strong>wn as the Pla<strong>no</strong> Inclinado Isabel and later as the Pla<strong>no</strong> Inclinado<br />

Gonçalves after Princess Isabel was overthrown by the Republic.<br />

The area was inaugurated in 1889 and the name of this architectural<br />

landmark was changed.<br />

That was the first revolutionary urban mass transport project in Brazil.<br />

The nearby Lacerda <strong>Elevator</strong> is a<strong>no</strong>ther famous means of vertical<br />

transportation and links the upper and lower parts of Salvador. This<br />

is the best-k<strong>no</strong>wn postcard view of the older part of Salvador and<br />

the elevator also bears the <strong>Otis</strong> name.<br />

The company entered Brazil at a time when an abundance of ideas<br />

and events was beginning to alter Brazilian society forever.<br />

At the start of the 20th century, Brazil was experiencing the beginning<br />

of a mass exodus from the countryside, due to the growth of<br />

industrialization. This movement intensified later to such an extent<br />

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