[…] they are banned. For example, Ahmer KAYA, a Kurdish man and a leading performer of protest music, had to leave his country because of the prohibitions and died in a European city. A long time ago, I read a post shared by world-famous pianist Fazıl Say; he was talking about the sorrow he felt […]
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[…] 16, 1938. He was one of 10 children and, later, one of 500 children at St. Agnes Home and School for Boys in Sparkhill, New York. Casey died peacefully in his sleep on December 19, 2020 (ELEVATOR WORLD, March 2020). He leaves behind his daughter, Marie, and partner of 35 years, Lannie. Whether one […]
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[…] remiss if I didn’t mention Renaissance Man by Lucy Faerber. This is a heartwarming remembrance of Bill Casey, founder of Claddagh Electronics Ltd. of Long Island City, New York, who died in December 2020. Our book is just not big enough for all his accomplishments. He will be missed by many, including me. Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick
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A 44-year-old contractor died as the result of falling nine stories down an elevator shaft at a jobsite in Jersey City, New Jersey, on March 10, news outlets including the Daily Voice report. Police and firefighters responded to the site at 136 Summit Avenue in the Bergen Hill neighborhood and found the man unconscious at approximately […]
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[…] attempt to tell a more complete story of the life and career of John H. Jallings. Jallings was born on March 27, 1847, in England. His father died when he was four or five years old; his mother remarried in the mid-1850s; and, in 1858, the family immigrated to the U.S., arriving in New […]
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[…] manufacturer. In fact, in 1863, Otis Brothers was very much a fledgling company that had a limited market share and minimal national presence. Elisha Graves Otis had died in 1861, and, while he had maintained a modest elevator business throughout the 1850s, following his death, his sons (Charles and Norton) essentially had to rebuild […]
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[…] is currently no national-level legislation in place for the regulation of the construction, erection, maintenance and safe working of VT. In a recent case, a business tycoon died on September 6 when he met with a lift-related mishap in Worli, Mumbai. The Worli police filed an accidental death report and wrote to the lift […]
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A futuristic city with “an artificial moon, phosphorescent beaches and flying taxis” is envisioned by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia’s border with Jordan, Global Construction Review reported in August, upon announcing developer Neom Co.’s pick for the latest member of the project team — U.S.-based engineering firm…
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[…] last seconds before the B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building. It is known that the fog was very thick, Smith was flying low, and 14 people died. People were stunned and saddened when news of the crash was reported on the radio and in newspapers. The one bright spot was the story of […]
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[…] many settlements, trading routes, ports and emerging metropolises throughout the countryside with one unifying rail network. The effort came with a high price, however, as many laborers died from dynamite accidents, landslides, rockslides, cave-ins and a lack of medical help. The grandfather of Canada’s elevator industry, John Fensom created elevating devices that were quickly […]
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