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2. Power window - Wikipedia

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   Packard had introduced hydraulic window lifts (power windows) in fall of 1940, for its new 1941 Packard 180 series cars. [1] [2] This was a hydro-electric system. In 1941, the Ford Motor Company followed with the first power windows on the Lincoln Custom (only the limousine and seven-passenger sedans). [3]

3. Elevator - Wikipedia

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   An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems such as a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.

4. Hydraulic Pump Station - Wikipedia

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   The demand for power increased steadily to 250 million litres/year. In 1952 the steam plant was replaced by electric pumps to try and meet this demand. The growth of the number of lifts and hoists operated by hydraulic power increased steadily from 1891 to the 1920s when electrically powered lifts became pre-eminent.

5. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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   Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), aerial lift, cherry picker, bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

6. Gondola lift - Wikipedia

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   A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal, which is typically connected to an engine or ...

7. Power windows (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Power windows may refer to: Power window, automobile windows that are raised and lowered by a switch; Power Windows, a 1985 album by Rush "Power Windows" (song), a 1991 song by Billy Falcon; Power windows, the term for selective color grading in film processing