History
Curving and Continuous Elevator Systems
An examination of early 20th-century quests for our industry’s “Holy Grail” Almost every profession has a list of unique and elusive goals that constitute what may be thought of as...
The Gradatory Elevator, Part Two
An examination of the paternoster elevator’s inception concludes with investigations of Ellis’ patents and lone installation. This article continues the investigation into the first paternoster-type elevator, which was designed in...
The Gradatory Elevator, Part One
New data on an 1866 patent is uncovered to help better investigate questions surrounding the “first” paternoster elevator. The paternoster is one of the most well-known elevator types in the...
The First Elevator Inspectors’ Manual
by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent The authors of the first elevator code (see “The First Elevator Safety Code: A Mystery,” ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2006 and “The Code Writers of...
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Conclusion
Part one of this series examined Otis Brothers’ steam-powered elevators, and part two examined American hydraulic elevators, both as seen through the eyes of engineer Alois Riedler (1850-1936), author of...
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Part Two
Part one of this series examined the steam-powered elevators built by Otis Brothers in the 1870s as seen through the eyes of engineer Alois Riedler (1850-1936), author of the Austrian...
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Part I
International exhibitions and trade shows are common aspects of the 21st-century commercial landscape, and the frequency with which these events occur easily allows companies – and countries – to maintain...
A Houser Horizontal Hydraulic Elevator Engine, Part Two
Part one of this article series focused on a recently discovered Houser Elevator Co. horizontal hydraulic elevator engine brought to the attention of ELEVATOR WORLD by Gary Ritch of Syracuse,...
A Houser Horizontal Hydraulic Elevator Engine, Part One
The subject of this article was brought to the attention of ELEVATOR WORLD by Gary Ritch of Syracuse, New York. Ritch is owner and operator of the Central Variety Store,...
1906 Elevator Lives On in Revitalized Downtown
Mohamed Iqbal is managing director for Toshiba Elevator Middle East (ME) LLC, a subsidiary of Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. of Japan. The company’s headquarters is in Dubai, from...
