Man engine
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A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented in Germany in the 19th c
Two-rod example at the Upper Harz Mine Museum, Germany
Person on the 1837 man engine at the Samson Pit in Lower Saxony, Germany
Bottom of the man engine at the Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall
Twin-rod engine installed at the Kongens Gruve, Kongsberg, Norway
Paternoster lift
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A paternoster or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator, consisting of a chain of open compartments, each usually designed for two people, that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building wi
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A paternoster in Prague
Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation
Paternoster lift at the Parliament House of Finland
Paternoster in the House of Industry, Vienna (offices of the Federation of Austrian Industries), built c. 1910