Otis 100 anos no Brasil 1 - Otis Elevator Company
Otis 100 anos no Brasil 1 - Otis Elevator Company
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 />
‘