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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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mself. It is fortunate that the construction of the car top was sufficientlystrong to partially withstand the impact of the falling car as otherwise threeother employees in close proximity would have suflered injury. It is not contended that all elevator tops should be made strong enoughto hold up falling automobiles or other heavy materials, but there are ways THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 107 and means of preventing this type of accident which is daily possible Anyelevator shaft opening, through which automobiles or similar conveyancespass should be guarded by substantial metal doors. There is no moresatisfactory form of enclosure or guard than the fire door. This appHancewhether it be single or double panel, can be made to serve as both safetyand fire protection. Its construction is ordinarilv very substantial andsufficient to stop a moderately moving automobile. It can be counterbal-anced and interlocked in order to provide convenient operation as well asa desirable degree of safety.
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STANDARD 3^ FOOT GATE THROUGH WHICH 1800 POUND AUTOMOBILE PLUNGED We can not successfully educate the thousands of garage attendantswho drive cars at lightning speed, on and ofif elevators, into narrow parkingspaces, to be careful. Few if any of these men trv the brakes before playingwith thousands of dollars worth of automobiles. Failure of brakes andmomentary loss of head, have sent more human beings to their graves thanthe German drive on Paris. The remedy for the accident herein illustrated lies in providing sub-stantial barricade in the form of landing entrance elevator doors Thisbarricade is more essential to the management of the garage than thebumpers he places on the front and rear of an automobile. Unsafe Operation of Elevator Gates By D. J. .HARRIS, Elevator Inspector The Elevator Safety Orders of the Industrial Accident Commissionprovide that all landing entrances of freight elevators shall be protectedby gates or doors which shall begin to close automatically before the c

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