Cathedral of commerce. . LOOKING NORTH FROM THE OBSERVATION GALLERY minute, and these are the high-est-rise and fastest-traveling ele-vators in the world. Althoughelevator service is provided inthe Eiffel Tower, Paris, to aheight of nearly 1,000 feet, threelifts must be used to reach thetop, the highest rise of a singlelift being about 450 feet. On account of the complex ele-vator problem and the highspeed at which service is main-tained, together with the factthat nearly 35,000 people dailytravel upon these elevators (morethan 11,000,000 a year), partic-ular attention is given to the mat-ter
Cathedral of commerce. . LOOKING NORTH FROM THE OBSERVATION GALLERY minute, and these are the high-est-rise and fastest-traveling ele-vators in the world. Althoughelevator service is provided inthe Eiffel Tower, Paris, to aheight of nearly 1,000 feet, threelifts must be used to reach thetop, the highest rise of a singlelift being about 450 feet. On account of the complex ele-vator problem and the highspeed at which service is main-tained, together with the factthat nearly 35,000 people dailytravel upon these elevators (morethan 11,000,000 a year), partic-ular attention is given to the mat-ter of safety devices. The moreimportant of these are the under-car safety operated by an over- head governor; oil buffers placedunder each car; retarding andlatching device at the top of eachshaftway; limit switches at thetop and bottom of travel; speedgovernor and potential switchesoperated by governor; switchattached to safety plank on theunder-car safety; emergencywheel and safety switch insidethe car itself. Besides the
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