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Petticoat Engineer Margaret Ingels
Petticoat Engineer Margaret Ingels joined Carrier as an engineer in 1917, right around the time that the decision to allow U.S. women the right to vote was being debated by lawmakers...more 
Innovation Deserving of a Standing Ovation
Many of Washington, D.C.'s famous buildings are air conditioned by Carrier...more
Ronald McDonald, The Colonel and Carrier
What do these three icons have in common?...more
Dome Sweet Dome
Since 1980, the Syracuse University Orangemen have been suiting up in the Carrier Dome...more
All Aboard!
By 1931, Carrier had developed a more efficient means of cooling a railroad car, and the orders poured in...more
Keeping the Jet Set Cool
Carrier has a long history of participating in cooling projects with the airline industry...more
Finding A Home In Syracuse
Sixty-five years ago, Carrier moved into the old Franklin Motor Car plant in Syracuse...more
Conventional Solution for the Unconventional
New York City is viewed as a bustling metropolis rich with culture and history...more
A Work of Art
The first Carrier centrifugal refrigerating machine was displayed at the National Museum of History and Technology in Washington, D.C...more
Faster Than The Sun
While the original Concorde was being built, a heated problem arose. Carrier came to the rescue...more
The Future Is Now
In 1982, the Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando expanded to include Epcot Center, a section dedicated to technology and the future...more
Blast Off!
More than 9,000 tons of Carrier refrigeration were installed during the construction of the Johnson Space Center...more
What's Up, Down Under
One of the Southern Hemisphere’s most impressive attractions to both residents and visitors is its tallest building, Sydney Tower...more
The Makeshift Laboratory
Carrier began marketing its first residential Weathermaker unit in 1928. 75 years later, home air conditioning is pervasive...more
Making A Go Of It, And Then Some
When the guns of August, 1914 opened fire across Europe, a door closed but a window opened for Willis Carrier and his colleagues...more
Preserving The Past
To come up with a way to effectively preserve the "Ampato Maiden," Carrier needed to gaze through its "window" to the past...more
Live From Radio City
When Radio City Music Hall was built, Carrier centrifugal refrigeration provided the cooling while Carrier engineering assured complete absence of noise and draft...more
From Ancient Egypt to Today … And Back
Egyptian royalty were fanned with palm fronds, often while draped in water-soaked linen...more
The Age of Comfort
Fifty years ago this month, the "age of comfort" was declared as Carrier air conditioned the 1952 Republican National convention...more
New York City Schools And Carrier Corporation Announce Creation Of The Willis H. Carrier Academy At W.E. Grady High School
New York City Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy and Carrier Corporation President Geraud Darnis today announced the creation of the Willis H. Carrier Academy at Brooklyn’s William E. Grady Technical High School... more
'Twas The Night Before Air Conditioning: A Tribute to "The Chief"
Young Willis Carrier, a 25 year-old apprentice engineer employed by the Buffalo Forge Company, tossed and turned away the night of Wednesday, July 16, 1902...more
A Mansion AND An Air Conditioner
Although air conditioning was still in its infancy in the early 1900s, Minneapolis millionaire Charles G. Gates decided that if other buildings could be air conditioned, his home could be, too...more
Out of This World
When the Houston Astrodome was completed in 1965, it was touted as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"...more
Preserving Michelangelo's Frescoes
Millions of awed observers are attracted to the Sistine Chapel’s frescoes each year...more
The Show Must Go On
During the hot days of summer, many people cool down by heading inside to an air-conditioned movie theater...more
The Birth Of Cool
The centrifugal chiller is 80 years old today...more
A War Hero
Carrier Corporation was one of the most decorated "heroes" of World War II...more
The Executive Privilege of Air Conditioning
Sultry weather made summers in Washington, D.C. absolutely miserable...more
Cooling the Airwaves
Carrier isn't the only one celebrating a big anniversary this year. 2002 also marks NBC's 75th anniversary... more
Attention Shoppers!
In countries all over the world, people often take a break from the warm summer weather by heading indoors to shop at a mall...more
Avoiding A Sticky Situation
A stick of Wrigley's chewing gum is the same the world over thanks to Carrier innovation...more
Air Conditioning Fit For A King... Or Queen
In 1968, the world's most precious collection of royal regalia was moved to a new fully air-conditioned stronghold in the famous Tower of London...more
From One Father To Another
Few know of George Washington's preoccupation with the weather...more
An Idea Emerges From The Fog
Many inventors experienced their stroke of genius with the help of the weather...more
Lights, Camera, Air Conditioning
If it weren't for Carrier, the motion picture industry would be very different from what it is today...more
How Sweet It Is!
The fledgling Carrier Engineering Corporation stumbled upon - and solved - a chronic problem in the candy industry...more
Carrier Under The Big Top
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus traces its roots back to the...more
Houston It's Snowing In July
Houston, Texas is the ideal environment for air conditioning. It's also the last place you'd expect to see snow showers in July...more
Carrier Earns Its Wings
To keep aircraft aloft at high altitude, you must first learn how ice forms...more
Ice, Ice Everywhere
Part of our continuing series on celebrating the 100th anniversary of scientific air conditioning...more
Timing is Everything
Everything that can be invented has been invented...more
