Photo Contest 2014 Winners

Aug 1, 2014||Elevator World
Elevator World
Aug 1, 2014
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ELEVATOR WORLD competition proves successful for the second year in a row.

The Second Annual ELEVATOR WORLD Photo Contest accepted more than 250 entries earlier in the year, and, after reader voting, EW is happy to present a cadre of winners in six categories: Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walks, Inclined Lifts, Machines and Components, Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, and Skylines and Tall Buildings. Diversity was again on display, with first-place photos spanning the globe from Italy to Hong Kong. One honorable mention even comes from a cruise ship!

EW appreciates the many submissions and good attention the contest received this year through nearly 4,500 votes.

1. Elevators

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First Place: Panoramic car in the Italian Alps (submitted by Carlo Ferrari, Wittur Group)
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Second Place: Panoramic elevator in the Manhattan, New York, Apple Store (submitted by Virginia de la Fuente Frias, ThyssenKrupp Elevator)
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Third Place: Elevators at the Kristall Building, Hamburg Harbor, Germany (submitted by Hans-Juergen Darlison, Studio Darlison)
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Honorable Mention: A private-residence elevator with a metal/hardwood hoistway and glass car (submitted by Chris Harris, A+ Elevators & Lifts)
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Honorable Mention: Left: Elevators in the cruise ship Carnival Sensation (submitted by Dawn O’Connor, Daytona Elevator)

2. Escalators & Moving Walks

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First Place: The unique crisscrossing Peak Towers escalators in Hong Kong with the city’s skyscrapers through the window in the background (submitted by David Fried, Van Deusen & Associates)
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Second Place: Moving walks linking Terminals 1 and 2 in the Manchester, U.K., airport (submitted by John Twiname).
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Third Place: North Railway Station escalators in Shenzhen, China, in a glass tunnel above an outdoor escalator (submitted by John Lui, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Asia Pacific)
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Honorable Mention: The longest (800-m-long) covered escalator walkway in the world, this Hong Kong system in the island’s Western District consists of 20 escalators and three inclined moving walks (submitted by Fried).

3. Inclined Lifts

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First Place: Twin water-balance cars at Machynlleth in Wales, U.K. (submitted by David Cooper, LECS (UK) Ltd.)
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Second Place: Old Quebec Funicular, which connects the upper and lower towns and in operation since 1879 in Quebec City, Canada (submitted by John M. Berner, P.E., Applications Research, Inc.)
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Third Place: Inclined lift to the castle in Meissen, Germany (submitted by Darlison)
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Honorable Mention: The Eiffel Tower in Paris (taken by Matt Debenham, Elevation Lift Services, Ltd.)

4. Machines & Components

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First Place: Gearless armature being rewound (submitted by Jeff Collins, Renown Electric).
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Second Place: “Crazy Wheels” (rollers) (submitted by Joaquín Blanco Fernández, ThyssenKrupp Elevator)
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Third Place: “I-Gear” (iwalk gear) (submitted by Fernández)
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Honorable Mention: An elevator motor being lifted out of the Lovell Radio Telescope in Cheshire, U.K. (submitted by John Bentley, ANSA Elevators, Ltd.).

5. Skylines & Tall Buildings

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First Place: The Hong Kong skyline at night (submitted by Fried)
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Second Place: The Shanghai skyline (submitted by Virginia de la Fuente Frias, ThyssenKrupp Elevator)
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Third Place: The 60-floor Imperial Heights towers dominate this section of the Mumbai skyline (submitted by William Rebello, TAK Consulting Pvt. Ltd.).
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Honorable Mention: The New York City skyline taken from the northeast corner of the World Trade Center (WTC) Memorial’s South Pool. The two pools at the site occupy the footprints of the original WTC buildings 1 and 2. (l-r) 90 West Street and Brookfield Place were damaged during 9/11 but have since been repaired and are undergoing extensive renovation, including a destination-based elevator modernization (submitted by Fried).
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Honorable Mention: New York City from the Top of the Rock (submitted by George Gill, Rentabikenow.com)

6. Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts

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First Place: Sky-bridge wheelchair lift to the International Finance Centre Mall in Central Hong Kong (submitted by Tianyu Liu)
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Second Place Middle: Installing a vertical wheelchair lift to make the viewing platform for the Intrepid space shuttle at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. The work area was covered by an inflatable cover for security and other reasons with very little lighting during construction (submitted by Kamran Shushtarian, Mobility Elevator & Lift Co.).
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Third Place Left: LinkLift columns under the BMW Welt Exhibition Hall in Munich, Germany (submitted by Carol Herriges and Klaus Würkner, Serapid)
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