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  Elevator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elevators are not an acceptable means of escape during a fire and should not be used by the Public for this purpose.
Freight elevators are generally required to display a written notice in the car that the use by passengers is prohibited, though certain freight elevators allow dual use through the use of an inconspicuous riser.
The elevator in the new city hall in Hannover, Germany is a technical rarity, and unique in Europe, as the elevator starts straight up, but then changes its angle by 15 degrees to follow the contour of the dome of the new city hall in Hannover.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elevator   (5212 words)

  
 Elevator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An elevator consists of a cab (also "cage" or "car") or platform, the ropes or cables required to raise and lower it using pulleys, and machinery to move the rope.
In 1853, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke, and on March 23, 1857 his first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway in New York City.
The elevator in the new city hall in Hannover is a technical rarity, and unique in Europe, as the elevator starts straight up, but then changes its angle by 15 degrees to follow the contour of the dome of the new city hall in Hannover.
www.phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Elevator   (2042 words)

  
 The Elevator Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elevator traffic had died off, so I was able to snag one for just me. I punched the button, leaned against the cool metal wall, and shoved my hands into the loose pockets of my sweats.
The elevator is not silent, for the machines that make it work were built in the 1970s, and are serviced only when necessary, I think, so there is the whirr and clanking and the occasional heave to it.
The elevator in building D is stuck between the floors." She listens for a while and sighs.
elevatorblog.blogspot.com   (8952 words)

  
 ELEVATOR FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Residential elevators may be small enough for one person while some are large enough for more than a dozen.
When such mechanisms (or spiral screws or pneumatic transport) are used to elevate grain for storage in large vertical silos, the entire structure is called a grain_elevator.
Elevators were operated by elevator_operators using a motor controller.
www.witwib.com /?s=Elevator   (5093 words)

  
 The Fourth Path   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The next thing, all the people, could hear this big snake dragging itself through the street, heading in the direction of the river, and the priests were yelling and screaming and saying prayers, and dogs were barking and whaling, and whimpering in pain.
Along the street there were even some of those dogs who were now lying dead, because the snake killed them.
At the beginning of the street, which is also the entrance to the reservation, sits a Catholic church, right behind it, across the street, is that river, and through the heart of their village, a snake that still survives, as well as a people.
www.thefourthpath.com /thereturn.shtml   (17353 words)

  
 "WALL STREET"
ELEVATOR - MORNING Blank faces stare ahead, each lost in private thoughts, Bud again mouthing the thought, "stupid schmuck", his eyes catching a blond executive who quickly flicks her eyes away.
funny, the most beautiful girls in the world are always on the street or in elevators, never get to talk to them, shy...
ELEVATOR - DAY Bud eyeing Wildman, looks away as Wildman looks back at him, an edge of defiance to him, why are you staring at me? Not the world's most likeable personality.
www.scenariusze.stopklatka.pl /html/WallStreet.htm   (19066 words)

  
 Climb Aboard the Riverboat Twilight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Street Cable Car: The Fourth Street Elevator (also called The Fenelon Place Elevator) is described as the world's shortest, steepest scenic railway, 296 feet in length, elevating passengers 189 feet from Fourth Street to Fenelon Place.
Cable Car Square Shopping Area: Centered around the bottom of the historic 4th Street Cable Car, this eclectic blend of businesses will keep you enchanted for hours with gift, craft, and antique stores as well as art and pottery galleries and great unique food, beverage and treat opportunities.
National Mississippi River Museum: This is an extraordinary museum facility where you can go aboard a real steamboat and see the boilers, the huge steam engines, the staterooms and even the galley.
www.riverboattwilight.com /index.asp?page=dubuque.asp   (579 words)

  
 The Elevator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The other, better, elevator was currently in use and though more stable, it was interminably slow and Daniel was on the sixth, and highest, floor.
He actually entertained the notion of calling the local fire station and letting them know about the fire hazard in the F and A building; it was supposed to have been renovated two years previously, but funds had been diverted for computer upgrades instead.
Those thoughts lasted but milliseconds and just as he and Paul feared the worst had come, that they were indeed about to plummet to their deaths, he felt Paul grab at the waist of his jacket.
home.kendra.com /urania/stargate_sg1/fanfiction/elevator.htm   (8417 words)

  
 WVIZ/PBS Downtown Cleveland: Elevator In Service - Fourth Floor
The Group Plan of 1903 was the brainchild of a commission composed of Daniel H. Burnham, John M. Carrere, and Arnold R. Brunner, three nationally respected architects.
Civic leaders were eager to eliminate the wide area of slums northeast of Public Square, which stretched from Superior Street to the lakeshore, transforming it into a new civic center for the city.
The building of the Group Plan caused these lascivious establishments to be scattered elsewhere throughout the city, making it harder for the police chief to keep an eye on them.
www.wviz.org /downtown/fourth.shtml   (615 words)

  
 Elevator, By William Nachbar
Joe walked slowly back to the elevator car, absorbed in fixing the lapel of his neat brown uniform.
He was met at the elevator door by a slight, auburn-haired girl in a worn cloth coat.
There was a Nedick's right across the street, where she could purchase a nickel hot dog and coffee.
newdeal.feri.org /magpie/docs/40sprp06.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Fenelon Place Elevator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Fenelon Place Elevator, which has been called "the world's steepest, shortest scenic railway," climbs the Mississippi River bluff at the end of Fourth Street near downtown Dubuque.
When it burned again in 1893, he was having financial difficulties, so some of his neighbors formed the Fenelon Place Elevator Company, acquired the franchise, and rebuilt it in his place.
Another elevator operated at Eleventh Street from 1887 to 1929.
web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Dubuque   (551 words)

  
 FOURTH GENERATION
Joe was sick for some time, and many believe that he held on for his 50th wedding anniversary so that all his children would be together--something they had never done because of all the "in-fighting" among the children.
In early 1927, the family moved back to 5255 Wickcliffe Street where Lois, Bernie and Anna Jean were born in 1928, 1932 and 1937.
She would help children attending Blawnox Elementary School cross the street in the morning, walk half a block to the Blawnox Hoboken Senior Citizens Center to help the staff prepare for lunch, then return to her crossing guard post at noon when the children went home for lunch.
myweb.cableone.net /apel/familytree/d50.htm   (1261 words)

  
 Polic Training Institute - 1004 South Fourth Street, Champaign
The mens restroom is located along the main hall about 25' west of the entry on the north side of the hall in room 107.
The womens restroom is located along the main hall about 25' west of the entry on the north side of the hall in room 105.
An elevator is needed and is provided to change floors in this building.
www.fs.uiuc.edu /ada/0358.html   (221 words)

  
 THIRD STREET TOUR
There is still a working elevator at the rear of the building.
To continue the tour cross Third Street at the intersection and head north along the east side of Third Street.
As with many buildings from this period, all the fancy stone carving is on the front of the house, and it becomes plainer as you look toward the side.
www.oldlouisville.com /third_street_tour.htm   (1735 words)

  
 FOURTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She and her sister Will lived directly across the street from the house we lived in just before my father died.
Danese was unpaved, but hard-packed, like most streets in the section of the North East Springfield area that ran off East 8th Street where it neared Tallyrand Avenue.
And she was the first of the sisters to die, and not long after the one time I remember seeing her.
members.aol.com /debbhinson/d47.htm   (2379 words)

  
 Fremont Street
On May 15, 1905, a railroad land auction held near what is now Fremont Street and Main Street, created the Las Vegas Township, and launched the development of a dynamic city whose essence would be defined throughout the century and beyond by free-spirited, free-wheeling entrepreneurs, speculators and characters of all varieties.
The Parking Plaza at the eastern end of Fremont Street is a 1,430-space parking structure built to accommodate an increase in visitors to downtown.
The original project (completed in 1995) was a $70 million investment between The Fremont Street Experience Company, LLC – comprised of a collection of downtown hotel/casino operators – and the City of Las Vegas.
www.vegasexperience.com /about3.cfm   (1440 words)

  
 The Dubuque Main Street Print Project
One day, he invited me to his home on Lemon Street that was completely filled with the Dubuque portion of his vast collection of business and industry collectibles.
When the organization of Dubuque Downtown businesses, Main Street Ltd., approached me to do a new print commemorating Downtown Dubuque and Main Street in particular, how could I say no? Main Street Ltd. approached me one other time 20 years ago when they asked me to design their logo.
It was called Clay Street on the southern end of town, and Couler Avenue on the northern part of town.
www.garyolsen.com /main   (2507 words)

  
 Bargain boutique opens on Fourth Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shoppers at the new Fourth Street Boutique can expect to find labels like Anne Klein, DKNY, AnnTaylor and Nine West at bargain prices — nothing more than $14.
There's an elevator and air conditioning, but the new store, on the third floor at 133 W. Fourth St., is cash-only, no returns.
In late August, when their work was finished, the girls each picked a favorite outfit and staged an impromptu fashion show in the Fourth Street window.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/09/03/tem_bargain_boutique.html   (664 words)

  
 51313 Harbor Street
It gives me problems sometimes, but it keeps plugging along, outdated as it is. It helps me write and be creative in ways I couldn't have imagined when I was a kid pounding away on a Smith-Corona.
While I was driving down the street the other day, I saw my ex-girlfriend in front of a store.
You can click on the photo for a larger size, something that you can do on all Harbor Street photos, many of which are large enough for computer wallpaper.
51313.blogspot.com   (9569 words)

  
 Funicular biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Duquesne Incline and Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, USA
Fourth Street Elevator, Dubuque, IA (also called the Fenelon Place Elevator)
Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA (Run as part of the tourist attaction.
funicular.biography.ms   (510 words)

  
 : Fourth Floor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
City Hall’s elegant fourth floor galleries provide architecturally stunning venues for smaller gatherings or private events, as well as exclusive reception or seating areas for VIPs in conjunction with Rotunda events.
Galleries can provide reception style seating for 300 to 500 guests.
Service/Equipment: On-site event manager, engineer, custodians, large kitchen with freight elevator and 2 parking spaces for load-in.
www.ci.sf.ca.us /site/cityhallevents_page.asp?id=26610   (91 words)

  
 Dubuqueweddings.COM Tri-State Area Wedding Directory
Kalmes Restaurant and Catering 100 North Main Street St. Donatus, IA (563)773-2480
The Washington Park Gazebo 700 Locust Street (563)589-4263
Overlooking the mighty Mississippi in East Dubuque, IL, minutes from Galena can accomodate 25 to 900 guests.
www.dubuqueweddings.com   (497 words)

  
 Iowa Private College Week at Clarke College
Fourth Street Elevator: world’s steepest, shortest cable car
Lock and Dam #11 on the Mississippi River
The Dubuque Tourist Information Center is located at the 3rd Street Ice Harbor (563) 556-4372.
www.clarke.edu /ipcweek/dubuque.htm   (70 words)

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