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Nearly 140-Year-Old Building Set to Open First Elevator
Before she died in 2015, Mary Faith Young longed to see the installation of an elevator within a courthouse built in 1883 in Jamestown, North Dakota, The Jamestown Sun reports....
NYC Subway Station Reopens After Elevator Overhaul
The Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights, NYC, has reopened after an overhaul of its elevators, Daily News reports. The station closed Nov. 3 as Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)...
Three Escalators at WMATA Station Being Replaced, More on the Way
Three escalators at the entrance to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) L'Enfant Plaza station ceased operation on May 9 so custom-built units could be installed to replace ones...
KONE India Unveils World’s Largest Passenger Elevator in Mumbai
KONE India unveiled an "engineering marvel": the world's largest passenger elevator, during a press conference at Jio World Centre in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex on May 5. Covering a floor...
Marine Innovations Names Magana Elevator Inspector
Inclined elevator installer Marine Innovations announces the addition of Omar Magana as elevator inspector with the Frazee, Minnesota-based company. This addition will expand Marine Innovations’ inclined elevator expertise, performing inspections...
Elevators, Escalators To Be Installed At Chennai Railway Station
The Mambalam railway station is one of the busiest passenger stations in Chennai, India, and a number of residents seek easy and faster access to all the platforms, The Hindu reports. A...
Alabama Airport Work To Include Elevators, Escalators
Officials with the Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama, are planning site improvements led mainly by enhancing Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance with upgrades that include new elevators and...
Hitachi Elevator Provides 219 VT Units to Four Chinese Hospitals
Guangzhou, China-headquartered Hitachi Elevator provided 219 pieces of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment to four hospitals in Beijing, Hefei and Suzhou, China, Equal Ocean reports. At the Chengnan Campus of Peking University...
TKE Launches MAX Link Communications in North America
TK Elevator (TKE) has launched MAX Link Voice and Multimedia digital emergency communication services, providing two-way voice, video and text messaging between passengers and emergency personnel, the company announces. Available...
Cibes Lift Group Acquires Bella Elevator
Cibes Lift Group, headquartered in Gävle, Sweden, will strengthen its U.S. presence with the planned acquisition of Bella Elevator, LLC, manufacturer of Symmetry Elevating Solutions. The deal is set to...
