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Elevator operator. The Smith Tower in Seattle, Washington uses traditional elevator operators, as seen in this 2008 photo. An elevator operator (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to operate a manually operated elevator. [1]
Climbing elevator. A climbing elevator is a self-ascending elevator with its own propulsion. The propulsion can be done by an electric or a combustion engine. Climbing elevators are used in guyed masts or towers, in order to make easy access to parts of these constructions, such as flight safety lamps for maintenance.
The Elevator Strikes were a series of labor strikes that took place from the 1920s to the 1960s across the United States, but most notably in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Before the automation of elevators, elevator operators had to “open and close the manual doors, control the direction and speed of the car, take requests from ...
1987-08-31. A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Welkom, South Africa. 31.
The album was first reissued in the US in 1972, omitting "Elevator Operator" and with re-recorded vocals and remixed backing tracks designed to "soften" the sound, under the title Collector's Series: Early LA Sessions. The album's first compact disc reissue appeared in 1988 on the Edsel Records label (UK), using the original 1966 stereo mix. [5]
Hodge Kirnon. Hodge Kirnon (13 May 1891 - November 1962) [1] [2] was a Montserratian scholar, historian, and literary critic, [3] who also worked as an elevator operator at Alfred Stieglitz' gallery 291. [4] [5] He has been described as "one of the leading lights of the postwar Negro Renaissance " [2] and as Montserrat's first historian.
Rowland was 19 years old at the time. The alleged victim of the assault was a white 21-year-old elevator operator Sarah Page. [a] She later declined to advocate for and/or assist any prosecution after the race riots. According to conflicting reports, the arrest was prompted after Rowland tripped in Page's elevator on his way to a segregated ...
Otis Worldwide Corporation (branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally ...