History
Haughton Elevators (1923) Part 1
Company catalog describes and illustrates elevator components and more. In 1923, the Haughton Elevator & Machine Co. of Toledo, Ohio, published a 32-page illustrated catalog designed to introduce prospective customers...
1927 Smith, Major and Stevens Specification & Tender (Part 2)
A look at VT business practices in the late 1920s The survival of a 1927 specification and tender for an electric goods lift, prepared by Smith, Major and Stevens, Ltd....
Elevator Alarms 1870-1890
Patents provide insights into early operation concerns. Standard phrases or terms in the modern vertical-transportation (VT) industry have equally standard definitions. One such term, elevator alarm, is usually defined as...
The National Association of Elevator Contractors 2000-2024
Sustaining community Having first built and then expanded a robust professional vertical-transportation (VT) community during its first 50 years, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) faced the prospect of...
Asansör Dünyası: 2001-2005
The Turkish lift industry, which had a rocky start entering the new millennium due to economic recession, is now making significant progress during this period. No one at that time...
Fred Anzley Annett
A look at the life of the “dean” of VT writers The January 1960 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD included a special edition of William C. Sturgeon’s monthly editorial column “Speaking...
The National Association of Elevator Contractors 1975-1999
Expanding community The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) opened the second phase of its history with a subtle, but important, change in nomenclature. During its first 25 years, the...
1927 Smith, Major & Stevens Specification & Tender (Part 1)
A look at the firm’s origins leading up to 1927 The survival of a 1927 specification and tender for an electric goods lift, prepared by Smith, Major & Stevens, Ltd....
The First Four Years of Asansör Dünyası: 1996-2000
Since its inception in 1996, Asansör Dünyası has continued its publication journey with more confidence, experiencing growth both in terms of content and advertising numbers. In January 1997, in the...
Fred A. Annett’s Electric Elevators (1927) Conclusion
A look at contributions made to the book In the introduction to Electric Elevators: Their Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance by Fred A. Annett (published by McGraw-Hill in 1927), the...
