Stories Archive

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