As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 1997
                           Registration No.

                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ______________

                               FORM S-8
                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                Under
                      THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                   UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
          (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

 Delaware                           06-0570975
 (State or other jurisdiction of    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)     Identification No.)

          One Financial Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut   06101
     (Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

                   UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                      EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       (Full title of the Plan)

                      WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, Esq.
                              Secretary
                         One Financial Plaza
                     Hartford, Connecticut  06101
                            (860) 728-7000
      (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                   Proposed   Proposed
Title of Securities Amount to be   Maximum    Maximum        Amount of
to be Registered    Registered     Offering   Aggregate      Registration
                                   Price (1)  Offering       Fee
                                              Price

Common Stock,       4,000,000
par value $5.00     shares (2)     $70.875    $283,500,000   $85,909.09
per share

(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
based, in accordance with Rule 457(h), on the average of the high and low
prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. on February 7, 1997.

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 416 the number of shares registered hereunder includes
such additional number of shares of Common Stock and Rights as are required to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions affecting the Common Stock of the Registrant.


PART II

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference:

     (1) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of United Technologies Corporation (the
"Corporation") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") for the year ended December 31, 1996;

     (2) all other reports filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the period covered by the Annual
Report on Form 10-K referred to in (1) above.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     The securities registered hereby are shares of Common Stock, $5.00 par
value, of the Corporation, to be issued under the United Technologies
Corporation Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     The financial statements incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on
Form 10-K of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1996 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the reports of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent
accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.

     The legality of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement has been passed on by Richard M. Kaplan, Esq.  Mr. Kaplan, Associate
General Counsel of the Corporation, is a shareowner of Common Stock.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

      Pursuant to Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the
Corporation has adopted a provision in its Certificate of Incorporation
eliminating the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages to the
Corporation and its stockholders for any breach of their fiduciary duties as
directors of the Corporation, except for their liability due to (1) breach of
loyalty to the Corporation, (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or (4)
any payment of unlawful dividends or an unlawful stock repurchase or redemption.

      Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a Delaware
corporation to indemnify any person who is or was a party to any actual or
threatened legal action, whether criminal, civil, administrative or
investigative because of his or her service as an officer, director or agent of
the corporation against expenses, judgments, fines and settlement payments
reasonably and actually incurred by him or her in connection with such
proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe was unlawful, except that, with respect to any legal action by or in the
right of the corporation itself, an officer, director or agent of the


corporation only is entitled to indemnification for expenses actually and
reasonably incurred.  Section 7.5 of the Corporation's Bylaws provides that the
Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees, fiduciaries and
agents (and their heirs and legal representatives) to the full extent permitted
by Delaware law.


ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

See Exhibit Index

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

     (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

     (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
and

     (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement:

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of


controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, on this 14th day
of February, 1997.

                           UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION


                           By s/Stephen F. Page, Executive Vice President

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on this 14th day of February, 1997.

      Signature                               Title

      s/ROBERT F. DANIELL*                    Chairman and Director

      s/GEORGE DAVID *                        President and Chief
                                              Executive
                                              Officer and Director

      s/STEPHEN F. PAGE                       Executive Vice
                                              President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

      s/JAY L. HABERLAND                      Vice President -
                                              Controller

      s/HOWARD H. BAKER, JR.*                 Director

      s/ANTONIA HANDLER CHAYES*               Director

      s/ROBERT F. DEE*                        Director

      s/CHARLES W. DUNCAN, JR.*               Director

      s/PEHR G. GYLLENHAMMAR*                 Director

      s/GERALD D. HINES*                      Director

      s/CHARLES R. LEE*                       Director

      s/ROBERT H. MALOTT*                     Director

      s/FRANK P. POPOFF*                      Director

      s/H. A. WAGNER*                         Director

      s/JACQUELINE G. WEXLER*                 Director


* By s/WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
FOR THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AFTER
WHOSE NAMES APPEARS AN ASTERISK






           EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                                Page
5          --Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the
             securities to be registered.

24(a)      --Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

24(b)      --The consent of counsel is contained in Exhibit 5.

25         --Powers of Attorney.



                                                        Exhibit 5


February 14, 1997




The Board of Directors
United Technologies Corporation
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT  06101

Re:  S-8 Registration Statement for the UTC Employee Stock Option Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is furnished in connection with the proposed filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on or about February 14, 1997, of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
in connection with the offering of 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value
$5 per share (the "Shares") to be issued under the Corporation's Employee
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

I have acted as Counsel to the Corporation in connection with certain matters
relating to the Plan.  I am familiar with the Corporate proceedings relating
thereto and have examined such documents and considered such matters of law as I
have deemed necessary in giving this opinion.

It is my opinion that all Shares to be offered and sold pursuant to the Plan
that will be original issue Shares have been duly authorized, and, upon issuance
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.  I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to
the aforementioned Registration Statement.

                                   Very truly yours,



                                   Richard M. Kaplan
                                   Associate General Counsel
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Enclosure







                                             Exhibit 24(a)




CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock
Option Plan of our report dated January 23, 1997, which appears on Page 28 of
the 1996 Annual Report to Shareowners of United Technologies Corporation, which
is incorporated by reference in United Technologies Corporation's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.  We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule,
which appears on page S-1 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent
to the references to us under the heading "Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel" in the Form S-8.






Price Waterhouse, LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
February 14, 1997


                                                              EXHIBIT 25

                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, HOWARD H. BAKER constitutes and appoints STEPHEN

F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Howard H. Baker

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, ANTONIA HANDLER CHAYES constitutes and appoints

STEPHEN F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L.

HABERLAND, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and

agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for her in

any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of

securities pursuant to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation

Employee Stock Option Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be

amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to

service or other documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto,

and to file the same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of

any State that is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of

securities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of

them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite

and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and

agents, or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue hereof.


                         s/Antonia Handler Chayes

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, ROBERT F. DEE constitutes and appoints STEPHEN F.

PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Robert F. Dee

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, CHARLES W. DUNCAN, JR. constitutes and appoints

STEPHEN F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L.

HABERLAND, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and

agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in

any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of

securities pursuant to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation

Employee Stock Option Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be

amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to

service or other documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto,

and to file the same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of

any State that is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of

securities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of

them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite

and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and

agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue hereof.


                         s/Charles W. Duncan, Jr.

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, PEHR G. GYLLENHAMMAR constitutes and appoints

STEPHEN F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L.

HABERLAND, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and

agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in

any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of

securities pursuant to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation

Employee Stock Option Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be

amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to

service or other documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto,

and to file the same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of

any State that is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of

securities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of

them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite

and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and

agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue hereof.


                         s/Pehr G. Gyllenhammar

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, GERALD D. HINES constitutes and appoints STEPHEN

F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Gerald D. Hines

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, ROBERT H. MALOTT constitutes and appoints STEPHEN

F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Robert H. Malott

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, JACQUELINE G. WEXLER constitutes and appoints

STEPHEN F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L.

HABERLAND, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and

agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for her in

any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of

securities pursuant to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation

Employee Stock Option Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be

amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to

service or other documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto,

and to file the same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of

any State that is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of

securities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of

them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite

and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and

agents, or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue hereof.


                         s/Jacqueline G. Wexler

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, ROBERT F. DANIELL constitutes and appoints

STEPHEN F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L.

HABERLAND, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and

agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in

any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of

securities pursuant to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation

Employee Stock Option Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be

amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to

service or other documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto,

and to file the same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of

any State that is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of

securities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of

them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite

and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and

agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue hereof.


                         s/Robert F. Daniell

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, GEORGE DAVID constitutes and appoints STEPHEN F.

PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/George David

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, CHARLES R. LEE constitutes and appoints STEPHEN

F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Charles R. Lee

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, H. A. WAGNER constitutes and appoints STEPHEN F.

PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/H. A. Wagner

                         Date:  September 29, 1996



                     POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned, FRANK P. POPOFF constitutes and appoints STEPHEN

F. PAGE, IRVING B. YOSKOWITZ, WILLIAM H. TRACHSEL, and JAY L. HABERLAND, and

each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with

the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all

capacities, to sign a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of

1933, as amended, with respect to the offer and sale of securities pursuant

to the terms of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Option

Plan as approved on the date hereof, and as it may be amended from time to

time (the "Plan"), and any related notices, consents to service or other

documents or instruments, including all amendments thereto, and to file the

same, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, and with any regulatory authority of any State that

is responsible for the regulation of the offer and sale of securities,

granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full

power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary

to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and

confirming that which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his

substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

hereof.


                         s/Frank P. Popoff

                         Date:  September 29, 1996