Birth of Systematic Agriculture
Birth of Cities
• Cities and Construction
• Commerce
• Warfare
Coming of Culture
• Monuments
• Art & Entertainment
• Cathedrals
Mining -- First Use of the Steam Engine

 

Steam/Gas Engines
• Engines & Reductions Gear
•• Engines
•• Reduction Gearing
• Belt Transmission
•• Remote Belt Transmission
•• Combined on Bedplate

Water Hydraulic Power
• Industrial Hydraulic Lifts
• Counterbalancing
• Short-Travel Commerce
• Direct Action Hydraulics
• Pistons Powering Gears
• Pushing Pistons
• Pulling Pistons

Genesis of Electric Rotating Equipmen
Still the Belt Transmission
Electric Screw and Other Special Drives
Coming of Direct Connected Machines
• Direct Connected Drum Machines
• Direct Connected Gear Traction
• Gearless Traction Machines
Electric Oil Hydraulic Systems -- Coming Soon
• Oil Hydraulic Direct Lifting -- Coming Soon
• Oil Hydraulic Indirect Drives (Roped) -- Coming Soon
• Stage Lifts and Other Applications -- Coming Soon
• Evolution of Oil Hydraulic Pumps -- Coming Soon

 

Baskets and Buckets to Parlor Cars
Controlling the Lifting -- Coming Soon
• Manual Controls Valves -- Coming Soon
• Electric Controls -- Coming Soon
• Signals and Fixtures -- Coming Soon
Safety Devices Evolve -- Coming Soon
• Broken Rope Safety -- Coming Soon
• Brakes -- Coming Soon
• Overspeed Over Run Buffers -- Coming Soon
• Hoistway Enclosures and Entranceway Protection -- Coming Soon
• Cabin Entrapment -- Coming Soon
The Evolution of Hoist Rope and Cables -- Coming Soon

Frank J. Sprague
Otis Tufts
James Watts
Jesse Reno

Paternosters Continuous Vertical Passenger Conveyors
Funicular - Inclined Elevators
Moving Sidewalks and Ramps
Moving Stairways - Escalators
Horizontal People Movers
• Personal Rapid Transit
• Horizontal Aerial People Movers

Scaling the Heights - Towers, Milestone Buildings
Plumbing Depths
• Mining
• Sidewalk Cellar Lifts
• The Subways and Underground
Support for Other Transportation
• Water
• Land
• Air
Aiding the Less-Than-Able
Mini-Lifting
• Handpower
• Dumbwaiters
The March of Modernization

Human Interest
Elevator Companies Contributing to Technological Advance in the 19th and 18th Centuries
Commentary by Industry Veterans
Photos of Industry Veteran Groups in their Environment
Mergers and Acquisitions