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Metro station frustrations: Names and escalators
Washington Post Sometime in the 1990s I started keeping track of whether the platform and street escalators would stay operable in both directions for an entire workweek. It never happened. During this nearly decade-long marathon of predictably erratic service, … |
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Metro station frustrations: Names and escalators – Washington Post
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4-yr-old girl trapped between lift doors in TN building, dies – Times of India
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 31, 2011 11:03 pm
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4-yr-old girl trapped between lift doors in TN building, dies
Times of India COIMBATORE: A four-year-old girl died after she got stuck between the hydraulic outer door and sliding inner doors of an elevator in her building in Coimbatore on Saturday. The incident occurred when four-year-old Chavi Nahar was playing outside the … |
Elevator Engineering Enterprises launches GSM Interface elevators in Middle East – AME Info
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 31, 2011 9:21 am
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Elevator Engineering Enterprises launches GSM Interface elevators in Middle East
AME Info Elevator Engineering Enterprises is pleased to announce GSM Interface as its new elevator safety product made in Italy from the manufacturer Movilift, the leading provider of elevator controller and safety products in the market. … GSM Interface, "Passenger's Safety from Elevator Engineering Enterprises" |
20 Years After Nanotube, Space Elevator Project Still Far From Take Off – International Business Times
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 31, 2011 8:53 am
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20 Years After Nanotube, Space Elevator Project Still Far From Take Off
International Business Times By IB Times Staff Reporter | July 31, 2011 4:45 AM EDT "The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing." said the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, long ago. The quest for Space Elevators dates back to a long past … |
Over 4000 Escalators, Elevators Remain Suspended after Fatal Escalator Accident – CRIENGLISH.com
Posted by escalator - Google News on July 31, 2011 6:51 am
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Over 4000 Escalators, Elevators Remain Suspended after Fatal Escalator Accident
CRIENGLISH.com China's quality watchdog said Sunday that over 4000 escalators and elevators have been suspended over safety concerns during a nationwide safety-check campaign. By the end of July, more than 10000 escalators and elevators had been identified by local … Checks passed |
State falling far behind on elevator inspections – Hawaii News Now
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 30, 2011 8:26 am
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State falling far behind on elevator inspections
Hawaii News Now HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Budget constraints and chronic understaffing has led to a big backlog of elevator inspections around the state, with nearly four out of five elevators in Hawaii operating with expired permits. … |
Alfalfa commissioners accept bid to repair courthouse elevator – Alva Review-Courier
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 30, 2011 1:55 am
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Alfalfa commissioners accept bid to repair courthouse elevator
Alva Review-Courier The long dysfunctional Alfalfa County Courthouse elevator may soon be back in operation. The original cheap fix proposed by American Elevator has not worked and the Alfalfa County Commissioners haven't wanted to spend upwards of … |
Having No Elevators In Building Has More Downs Than Ups – NBC4i.com
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 30, 2011 12:30 am
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Having No Elevators In Building Has More Downs Than Ups
NBC4i.com A north Columbus apartment complex with a high percentage of seniors and people in their 50s hasn't had working elevators for much of the summer. (more) Worthington Towers on North High Street is five stories of 60 apartments and 70 percent of the … |
NY1 Follow-Up: MTA Repairs Broken Elevator At Yankee Stadium Stop – NY1
Posted by elevator - Google News on July 29, 2011 8:01 pm
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NY1 Follow-Up: MTA Repairs Broken Elevator At Yankee Stadium Stop
NY1 A broken subway elevator that presented a tough challenge for a wheelchair-bound Bronx teenager has been fixed. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the elevator at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium subway station was put back into service … |
Clark/Lake Escalator: From Inconvenient to Hot Mess – Chicagoist
Posted by escalator - Google News on July 29, 2011 6:17 pm
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Clark/Lake Escalator: From Inconvenient to Hot Mess
Chicagoist Perhaps you, like us, assumed that when the the subway-to-concourse escalator at the east end of the Clark/Lake Blue line station stopped working in late-May, the CTA was fixing it during off hours. It was a reasonable assumption. … |
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