Alonzo Bertram See
Newspaper illustration of A.B. See
Alonzo Bertram See (October 25, 1849 – December 16, 1941) was an American businessman and social critic. He was the son of Benjamin and Lavania See.[1] He founded the A. B. See Elevator Co., an elevator repair company, in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York. His company was reportedly the first to develop the predecessor to modern destination dispatch elevators.[2] The company was acquired by Westinghouse in 1938.
Alonzo Bertram See was also an anti-feminist.[3]
In 1937 A. B. See Elevator company was the 3rd largest elevator company in the country.[4] See is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York]
References[]
- ^ Christopher Gray (June 4, 1995). "Streetscapes: Readers' Questions: The Ups and Downs of A. B. See, Elevator Maker". New York Times.
- ^ Nick Paumgarten (April 21, 2008). "Up and Then Down: The lives of elevators". The New Yorker.
- ^ Nick Paumgarten (July 28, 2014). "Up And Then Down". The New Yorker.
- ^ "A. B. See to Westinghouse". Time. July 19, 1937.
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