When everyone left, I swapped my bedtime sweats for workout gear and took the elevator to the basement, a fitting place for a gym that often made me feel trapped.
For instance, the roped, or "geared," type of hydraulic elevator common around 1900, with plunger and cylinder fitted with sheaves at each end, is employed on aircraft-carrier elevators to lift heavy loads short distances.
It's been called a cross between ancient coin-op Elevator Action and Gears of War – that pretty much nails it.
KATE MCALEER Hell's Kitchen The sound of the gears in my manually operated elevator, responding to my finger pressing on the buzzer.
"After checking in at the front desk I had all my gear on a cart, waiting by the elevator bank," Lavin recalled the other day.
The smaller hall has a pit, an elevator and considerable backstage mechanical gear, and it will also accommodate dance programs and a recital series beginning with Dawn Upshaw's program on Thursday night.
With most elevators ruined, firefighters were toting heavy gear up stairwells against a tide of evacuees.
One of the worst loading cases for an elevator system is when the elevator falls free and the safety gear is activated until the elevator stops.
As a teenager, Hucknall – dressed in the 50s gear he bought from Oldham market – and his best friend Neil Moss formed the Frantic Elevators, inspired by the Manchester punk scene.
An elevator, installed across from the wine cellar, is a welcome amenity, especially with luggage and gear after a long flight, Mr. Tozer said.
