elevator shafts
Vertical transport tunnels
Elevator shafts are the vertical passages through which elevators travel in multi-story buildings.
The shaft extends from the lowest to the highest floor served, housing the elevator car, cables, and counterweights.
In emergencies, elevator shafts can become dangerous chimneys for smoke and fire: Flames shot up the elevator shaft.
- hoistwayElevator's vertical enclosure
- guide railsBars directing movement path
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- escape hatchEmergency exit opening
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
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- Steel Architecturesteel beams, skyscrapers, bridges, high-rises, I-beams
- hoistschain hoists, winches, winder, lifts, hydraulic lifts
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Vertical enclosures for steps
staircases · stairs · fire stairs · emergency stairs · ladders
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