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The Smith Tower in Seattle, Washington uses traditional elevator operators, as seen in this 2008 photo. An elevator operator (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to operate a manually operated elevator. [1]
The Bubbleator was a large, bubble-shaped hydraulic elevator with transparent acrylic glass walls operated from an elevated chair built for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. These transparent walls gave the illusion of looking through an actual 'soap bubble' by refracting light to obtain a rainbow-like effect for the riders inside.
As a youth, he helped his single mother make ends meet by working as a gas station attendant, as well as other odd jobs. Carlson entered the University of Washington in 1928 and, while a student, began his hotel career as a pageboy, then an elevator operator, then a bellhop. He dropped out of college in 1930, lacking funds.
“Elevators effectively moved Seattle forward beyond the 808-heavy party tracks of Sir Mix-A-Lot,” he wrote in a post accompanying the downloadable files. “They established the quietly jazzy ...
Seattle Terminal Railway and Elevator Co. (in 1907: Northern Pacific Railway grain and coal elevators; [8] in 1913 and 1918: West Seattle Elevator; [100] [95] in 1918: Northern Pacific Railway Grain Elevator and Wharf [11]) Seattle Terminal and Railway Elevator Co. circa 1891. more images: by 1891 [14] after 1918 [11] multiple piers West Seattle
Perks of the new building would include 300 offices, fireproof construction and stair fire escapes. Another improvement over the old building would be the addition of three elevators with 24-hour operators. As construction began in early 1904 The Seattle Times noted the improved service over that of the Colman Building at the time:
An incident involving an elevator at a former Colorado gold mine that led to the death of a tour guide and trapped a group of tourists for hours last year...
Smith Tower construction, February 1913. In the wake of the Klondike Gold Rush, Eastern financial interest in Seattle was at an all-time high. [12] Prominent local attorney James Clise, who represented numerous capitalists in New York and Boston was responsible for many of the land transactions that saw numerous new office buildings built in the city.