Re: Question?
Ron Kean (ronkean@juno.com)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:38:04 -0400
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:26:00 -0700 (PDT) Brian D Williams
<talon57@well.com> writes:
>
>The Sears tower solved the elevator problem by having three
>elevators in each shaft, you have to transfer about every 33
>floors, only a few elevators go all the way. Trivia question: How
>many elevators does the Sears tower have? Answer: same as the
>number of floors, 110.
>
>
>Brian
Express elevators could be set up like a conveyor belt, with an 'up'
shaft next to a 'down' shaft. That would require sideways car transfer
from shaft to shaft at the top and bottom. The shafts would be filled
with as many cars as there are express stops.
Ron Kean
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