Clock in the st. Francis. Lets look at that elevator. Ok, lets do it. Here we are in the elevator installed as part of the expansion, and this is the way it was originally installed about 100 years ago. It has a manual switch just like elevators did back then, and it runs on dc power. This was from a time before elevators ran on ac power. When did they switch . Decided to switch in the 1920s, so this elevator predicts that by about 19 years. The doors are also manual, so this elevator predates the use of Automatic Doors on elevators. Can we take a ride . Absolutely. Going down. How many troops do you think this elevator has taken in its lifetime . Millions. Yes, this one probably has. Certainly hundreds of thousands. Very smooth. It really does run smoothly. There we go. Take some serious operation. There we go. This is really beautiful. This is served by that old elevator we were just in. Built at the same time, also in 1913. What a gorgeous room. I think we should have a party here.
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Amanda bellows is a historian of the United States in comparative and transnational perspective and it contributor to buying and selling the civil war her first book american slavery and russian surfdom in the post emancipation imagination was published in 2020 by the university of north carolina, press dr. Bellows is currently a lecturer at the new school in new york city. Next to amanda. Carrie. Genie is the john l. Now the third professor of the American Civil War and director of the john l now center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. She is the author editor or coeditor of seven books including buying and selling civil war memory in gilded age america. Her most recent book ends of war the fight of lees army after appomattox was the recipient of the 2022 gilder. Laraman lincoln prize. And finally jim martin is professor of history emeritus at Marquette University in milwaukee, wisconsin, and the author editor or coeditor of over 20 books including most recently bu
Book american slavery and russian surfdom in the post emancipation imagination was published in 2020 by the university of north carolina, press dr. Bellows is currently a lecturer at the new school in new york city. Next to amanda. Carrie. Genie is the john l. Now the third professor of the American Civil War and director of the john l now center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. She is the author editor or coeditor of seven books including buying and selling civil war memory in gilded age america. Her most recent book ends of war the fight of lees army after appomattox was the recipient of the 2022 gilder. Laraman lincoln prize. And finally jim martin is professor of history emeritus at Marquette University in milwaukee, wisconsin, and the author editor or coeditor of over 20 books including most recently buying and selling civil war memory in gilded age america, which he coedited with carrie janey and was published in 2021 by the university of georgia press. You ma
Welcome. We are here doing our building San Francisco tour. Were going to have a very interesting tour of elevators in sanford cisco. We have all gotten into an elevator, the doors have closed, and it has carried us to our destination. Have you ever wondered how elevators were work . We check out the need outside the elevator using Current Technology and we learn about the latest destination elevated technology all here in San Francisco. We will also visit the machinery where all the behind thescenes gears control these incredible machines. We are very fortunate today to have an expert with those who is going to walk us are around elevators in San Francisco. Can you tell us about the history of elevators in San Francisco . The measure sure. The history of Elevator Technology evolves with the city. First elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860s. In the 1870s, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. S