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  2. Alexander Miles - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Miles was born on May 18, 1838 Pickaway County, Ohio, [1] the son of Michael and Mary Miles. [2] He was African-American.Miles may have resided in the nearby town of Chillicothe, Ohio, [3] but subsequently moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he earned a living as a barber. [4]

  3. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    An elevator cab is typically borne by 2 to 6 (up to 12 or more in high rise installations) redundant hoist cables or belts, each of which is capable on its own of supporting the rated load of the elevator plus twenty-five percent more weight. In addition, there is a device which detects whether the elevator is descending faster than its maximum ...

  4. Elevator pitch - Wikipedia

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    An elevator pitch quickly summarises an idea, product or service during a short journey in an elevator. An elevator pitch, elevator speech, lift speech, or elevator statement is a short description of an idea, product, or company that explains the concept in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time. This ...

  5. Chairlift - Wikipedia

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    An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers.

  6. Frank J. Sprague - Wikipedia

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    Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 – October 25, 1934) was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators.

  7. Elevator operator - Wikipedia

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    The elevator operator had to regulate the elevator's speed, which typically required a good sense of timing to consistently stop the elevator level with each floor. In addition to their training in operation and safety, department stores later combined the role of operator with greeter and tour guide , announcing product departments, floor by ...

  8. Bailong Elevator - Wikipedia

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    The Bailong Elevator, 2009. The Bailong Elevator (Chinese: 百龙电梯; literally Hundred Dragons Elevator) is a glass double-deck elevator built onto the side of a cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China, an area noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres (660 ft) in height.

  9. List of elevator manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Montgomery Elevator: Acquired by Kone, Canadian division in 1985 and U.S. division in 1994. Marshall Elevator: Sold to Otis; Schweizerische Aufzügefabrik AG; Thyssen AG: Merged with Krupp and became ThyssenKrupp in 1999, with subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG; ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG announced in 2021 a name change and rebranding to TK ...