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Elevator-Door Operator Used for Powerhouse
Editor’s Note: We recently received the following e-mail and photos from Dan Cook, who, in his retirement, has found an unusual use for an elevator-door opera-tor. Although Dan has provided...
Earthquake Damage
Martin Culp, president of Elevator U, provided us with the following photos. They show damage to elevators at the University of Maryland, a result of the Mid-Atlantic earthquake that struck...
107-Year-Old Elevator and Doors
One of the only constants in the history of a 107-year-old industrial warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a Murphy freight elevator with manual doors by The Peelle Co. The...
New Rendering of One WTC
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and The Durst Organization have issued new renderings of One World Trade Center (WTC). The organizations are jointly developing the 3-million-sq.-ft....
President Obama Visits One WTC
On June 14, U.S. President Barack Obama, along with First Lady Michelle Obama, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...
Stair of the Dog 2022
U.K. pet-insurance company More Than is attempting to turn our industry’s gaze toward the untapped pet market. Its “Stair of the Dog 2022” prototype was created to “publicize the rising...
Do the Math
Passengers should be forewarned that this elevator requires brainpower to operate. In lieu of buttons labeled with traditional floor numbers, someone thought it would be a laugh to make riders...
They Said It Would Never Last…
When the honeymoon is over and the reality of marriage sets in, a few couples may be left contemplating this elevator advertisement. Installed on the elevator doors of a law...
Trampe Bicycle Lift
In 1992, Trondheim, Norway, city-traffic planners sought a new and efficient means of increasing use of its bicycle road network when Jarle Wanvik of Design Management AS presented his idea...
Dinner on an Otis Elevator
This freight-elevator photograph was taken on June 6, 1933, in celebration of the completion of the first of two such elevators, which were, at the time, the largest truck elevators...
