Elevator Blog
Elevator Blog
Glen Canyon Dam Elevators to Be Modernized
September 22, 2015 | Categories: Elevators In The News
The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $2 million contract to modernize six passenger elevators at Glen Canyon Dam and Powerplant near Page, Arizona. The project will include improvements to the two elevators that connect the Glen Canyon Dam Carl Hayd …
Read More »
Community Raises Money to Install Elevator at School for Paralyzed Girl
September 17, 2015 | Categories: Elevators In The News
Addy Elkins, a second grade student at Columbia Academy in Columbia, Tennessee, was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident in 2012. She had to go outside and drive her motorized wheelchair down a hill every day to access the school’s lower lev …
Read More »
Buffalo Grain Elevators to Be Part of Public Art Exhibition
September 17, 2015 | Categories: Elevators In The News
Throughout its history, the city of Buffalo, New York has been closely associated with its grain elevators. The elevators were invented in the 1840s and have come to symbolize the city’s economic ups and downs. Buffalo officials recently announced a ne …
Read More »
Lockheed Martin Working on Space Elevator Technology
September 17, 2015 | Categories: Elevators In The News
Scientists have been trying for years to develop the technology required to build an elevator to space. They would like to build a tower that is anchored to the Earth and stretches beyond geosynchronous orbit. The tower would be held under tension by n …
Read More »
Japanese Campaign Tries to Change Escalator Etiquette
September 1, 2015 | Categories: Elevator Education
Many people are unsure about escalator etiquette. Some think people should stand on one side so that others can walk past, while others think no one should ever walk up an escalator. People who believe riders should stand on one side disagree on which …
Read More »
Venture Capital Firm Creates Elevator Pitch Room
August 27, 2015 | Categories: Elevators In The News
An elevator pitch is a short description of a company’s products, goals, and mission that can be delivered to someone during a brief elevator ride. Venture capital firm General Catalyst took the idea literally and decided to create a room specifically …
Read More »