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Introduction

Technological origins: freight hoists in England and America, 1800-1860

Ascending rooms and vertical railways: the passenger elevator, 1800-1860

An emerging industry. Part 1. Mechanical refinements and expanded use: freight and passenger elevators in the 1860s

New settings and new problems: the elevator and the early skyscraper, 1870 to 1875

An emerging industry. Part 2. The hydraulic elevator, 1870 to 1900

An emerging industry. Part 3. New technology, old ideas and innovations: the electric elevator, 1880 to 1900

From ascending rooms to express elevators: the elevator and the skyscraper, 1880 to 1900

The amelioration of elevator accidents: safety, the public and the elevator industry in the 19th century