Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations was a World's Fair held in 1853 in New York City, in the wake of the highly successful 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Today, the expo is largely remembered as the place where Elisha Otis demonstrated an elevator equipped with a device called a safety, which would kick in if the hoisting rope broke. This addressed a major public concern regarding the safety of elevators. Three years later, Otis installed the first passenger elevator in the United States in a New York City store. A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... The Great Exhibition: Paxtons Crystal Palace enclosed full-grown trees in Hyde Park. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811-April 8, 1861) invented a safety device in 1852 that made elevators much safer by preventing them from falling if the hoisting cable broke. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a train station. ...