History
“A Heritage of Unsuspected Richness”
Belgium's historic lifts gain legal recognition. by Jérôme Bertrand, Céline Chéron, Lauréline Tissot and Muriel Muret photos © Homegrade Like other European countries, Belgium — and Brussels in particular —...
The History of Operatorless Elevators: Traffic Control Systems (Part Two)
by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent The design team that introduced one of the first automatic elevator traffic control systems included Otis engineers David L. Lindquist, Edward L. Dunn and...
Elevator World: 1993
A look at EW’s 40th year ELEVATOR WORLD began its 40th year with founder William C. Sturgeon recalling the magazine’s beginning: “In early 1953 everything depended upon the response from...
Safety Appliances for Lifts: 1895 (Part 1)
A look at the critical background and context of Umney’s paper On 10 June 1895, Herbert W. Umney (1870-1958) presented an illustrated paper on lift safeties to the Society of...
The History of Operatorless Elevators: Traffic Control Systems (Part One)
The role of elevator operators decreases as systems become increasingly automated. The first phase in the development of the operatorless elevator began in the last decade of the 19th century...
ELEVATOR WORLD in 1983
Magazine becomes increasingly international, adds events calendar and covers computers. While ELEVATOR WORLD’s editorial mission, first defined by founder William C. Sturgeon in 1953, remained essentially unchanged as the...
The History of Operatorless Elevators: John D. Ihlder
Ihlder’s contribution to the electric elevator merits special recognition. The second phase of the history of the operatorless elevator (1895-1900) focused on the continued refinement of pushbutton systems and...
“Oh, To Be in England”
A look at EW founder’s seven-week visit to the U.K. in 1982 One of British poet Robert Browning’s most famous works is best known for its opening lines, rather than...
1973
ELEVATOR WORLD celebrates its 20th year. It is interesting to note that ELEVATOR WORLD founder William C. Sturgeon did not acknowledge or celebrate the fact that the magazine had entered...
Preserving the Past, Elevating the Future
One man’s labor of love has grown into a full-fledged museum dedicated to the industry’s history. For Steve Comley, The Elevator Museum Inc. is a way of giving back to...
