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Description
"A freight elevator car is shown in use with its simple folding gate to keep people from falling down the shaft. Much of the freight elevator car was made of oak and reinforced with steel. Both freight and passenger elevators could be powered by electricity or set up for a hydraulic operating system."--Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 89.
About This Item
- Title: Freight elevator, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 17 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40b 18-15
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Elevators
- Manufacturing industries--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Manufactures
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Photographs
- Steel industry and trade
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