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| Picture No | 10810923 |
| Date | 1889 |
| Description | Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Otis Elevators. |
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Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Otis Elevators.
The Otis elevator in the Eiffel Tower, built by the American Elevator Company. first view shows a car filled with fifty passengers with the front removed to show the interior. Figure B shows one leg of the Tower at the base, showing the actual incline. 1 marks the hydraulic cylinder, 2, the travelling multiplying pulleys, 2 stationary multiplying pulleys, 4, double landing-platform and 5 the ascending car, moving on trucks at angle shown to the first storey where, rounding a sharp curve, it continues on different angles to the second storey rising 420 ft in one minute. 6 shows the cables lifting the car and 6A the same cables returning to cylinder. The picture on the right is a general view of the 1000 foot tower, built as the centrepiece of the Paris International Exhibition in 1889
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| Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 27 April 1889 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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