lift shaft
Vertical transport channel
A lift shaft is the vertical passage through which an elevator moves in a building.
The term is primarily British; Americans say elevator shaft.
The shaft runs from the bottom floor to the top, housing the elevator car, cables, and counterweights.
The fire spread rapidly through the lift shaft.
- hoistwayElevator's vertical enclosure
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- pitFruit's hard seed
- guide railsBars directing movement path
- machine roomSpace for mechanical equipment
elevator doors · safety gear · emergency brake · pulley system · cables · motor · counterweight · buffer · carriage · building codes · skyscraper · high-rise · tall building · control panel · going up · structural engineering · braking system · fireproofing
- elevatorselevator, elevators, elevator doors, counterweight, cab
- shaftsmineshaft, hoistway
lift shaftstairwell
Enclosed vertical passage for stairs
staircase · stairs · fire stairs · spiral staircase · fire escape
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