Yes, there's a massive ship elevator in China - and here's how it works

This elevator is capable of hoisting vessels that displace up to 3,000 metric tons roughly 370 feet in 40 minutes. It's ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago elevator fall in former John Hancock Building went 84 floors down tower

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock building, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned the fall lasted 84 floors after two elevator ...
CBS News

Horrific Elevator Death Leaves Behind Father's Grief, Maintenance Questions

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - On the day following a deadly elevator accident killed a young tech salesman, the victim's father is talking about his grief and calling out the building for what he says was ...

'We're stuck': Apartment residents struggle through elevator outage

Residents of a run-down apartment building on Kipps Lane say they're feeling trapped after three weeks without elevator ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Mass. city home to one of the country’s oldest working elevators

A Massachusetts city is home to one of the country’s oldest working elevators. “They were working on this elevator when the Titanic was sailing,” Arthur Motta said.Motta works with the communications ...
Reader's Digest

Here’s Why Elevators Have Those Small Holes

Here’s What the Tiny Hole in Your Nail Clippers Is Actually For (Who Knew?!) Here's What It Means If You See Tiny Triangles on Stairs Here's What It Means If You See a Tiny Door in the Wall of a House ...
Seattle Times

Etiquette in an elevator: Should we be chatting it up while we’re going down?

For most of us — not just in Seattle, but worldwide — the accepted norm for an elevator ride is this: Get in and position yourself as far from others as possible, face forward, be still, stand up ...