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Works Cited

Primary Sources

Gray, Lee, George Strakosch, Ricia Hendrick, T. Bruce Mackinnon, and William C. Sturgeon. "The Inventors." the Elevator Museum. Endowement of Preservation of Elevating History, Inc, n.d. Web. 21 Jan 2013. <http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e-10.htm>. Throughout this historical website I have found information regarding the contributors of the making of the elevator we know today. Photos from the site also contributed to give my site the historical context it needed.

Diagrams - Geared Traction Elevator. 1981. BP Elevator Company, Bronx, New York. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.bpelevator.com/html/Traction.html>. This diagram was useful by allowing me to put the first details made on the plans of the elevator, so it was possible for the greater understanding of the complex engineering.

Dash One. N.d. Titan I EpitaphWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.chromehooves.net/missile_silos6.htm>. On this site I was shown how the military was incorporated in our everyday lives because the design was originally built for nuclear attacks, not everyday transportation. Though its design shows you the safety they are putting into the still developing helper.

Kaushik, . 25 Cities With the Most Impressive Skyline. 2012. Amusing PlanetWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/06/25-cities-with-most-impressiveskyline.html>. The article above provided a good portion of pictures for a certain page of main since it had captured cities that could be overflowing with people. Showing how the architecture could only go up and not out, especially in todays society. This helped show how with elevators this is made possible to build thousands of feet in the air.

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Harris, Tom. How Elevator's Work. N.d. HowStuffWorksWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/elevator3.htm>. This page contributed by explaining how certain mechanisms work in the present day elevator system.

SkyscraperMuseum, , dir. The Rise of Wall Street, The SkyscraperMuseum. 2010. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4v81zjmjJA&feature=player_embedded>. When I found this video I was so excited. It displayed a change over time I had been looking for the entire project. It shows you a dramatic change in one of the highest buildings city; New York City. Showing how with elevators architecture evolved.

"ABOUT ELEVATORS." OTIS WorldWide. OTIS COMPANY, n.d. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.otisworldwide.com/pdf/AboutElevators.pdf>. This site was an amazing resource. It is founded by the Otis Elevator Company, but it starts in the past back to Archimedes. The site goes into depth about all of the elevators before and after Elisha had developed the brake system. You can also see a timeline that just starts with the Otis Company if you wanted background information just on them.

Howe, Jeffery. State House, Boston 1795-98. N.d. A Digital Archive of American ArchitectureWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/18public.html>.

This photo is a primary source because it shows an archive from the Library of Congress. Showing how before elevators buildings are not as tall as we are used too.

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Muller, Theodore. Vue Prise au dessus de la batterie. 1850. The Skyscraper Museum , New York City. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/WALL_STREET/ny_1850.php>. This site was interesting when finding because it was in a different language, but it showed how one of the inventors had made that much of a difference around the world.

Hunt, Richard Morris. New York Tribune Building. 1875. nyc-architecture.com, Park Row, NY. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.nycarchitecture.com/GON/GON021.htm>. This picture served as a look after the Otis Elevator was debuted, and architects were starting to go up a bit more.

New York City in 1800's. 2009. www.history-map.com, New York City. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.history-map.com/picture/004/1800s-City-York-New.htm>. This map was on a site that came from Library, but considered embedded primary because that photo is a representation of New York City in the 1800s.

Foy, Richard. "Architecture of Change: Design Adjusts to the Age of Flux." DesignIntelligence. DesignIntelligence, 15 Oct 2004. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.di.net/articles/architecture-of-change-design-adjusts-to-the-age-offlux/>. I used this article because I liked his quote on the top of the page. It described how architecture changes with the flow of time.

Wiseman, Carter. Shaping A Nation Twentieth-Century American Architecture AND ITS MAKERS. 1st. New York City: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1998. 11-412. Print. This book was interesting because it had a few views, but thought it hit the mark of the architects view well. This book describes not only the beginning, but the continuation of a building empire.

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Secondary Sources

Elevator Diagram. N.d. ElTech Elevator, New York City. Web. 21 Jan 2013. <http://www.eltechelevator.com/Eltech-Elevator-Diagram.html>. This diagram is displayed by an elevator company, which helped in my decision to use the diagram as a part of my NHD project. It has specific labeling that I found useful when trying to describe modern day elevator technology.

altitude: layers of Earths atmosphere. Art. Britannica Online for Kids. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-107208>. Though another diagram, but it shows more the designer side than that of specifically on the elevator or how it moves.

Diagram of OTIS GeN2 Lift. 2010. Public DomainWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.docstoc.com/docs/43424737/Diagram-of-OTIS-GeN2-Lift---DownloadNow-PDF>. This diagram showed an Otis Elevator, which shows how a simple thing could change so much. This visual will help aid me by giving a representation of where the turning point happened.

Otis, Elisha. Hoisting Apparatus. 1861. www.explainthatstuff.comWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-elevators-work.html>. This is giving detailed information on how an Otis Elevator works, along with a photo that that shows the lifting apparatus used before the Otis Elevator.

Ochshorn, J. Otis Elevator. 2012. Cornell University, New York. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/arch262/notes/13b.html>. From this site I took a cartoon that showed Elisha Otis in different buildings spreading his improvement. It also shows the difference in hydraulic engines.

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Detail diagram of 767 elevator split linkage. N.d. Egypt Air flight MS990 Supplimentary Web Site: 767 Technical Diagrams.Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.digistar.cl/SR111/767elev3.html>. This diagram shows a part that was put in to help the elevator to stop after it breaks.

Vaunt Design Group, . ELEVATOR. 2007. The Great Idea FinderWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/elevator.htm>. This site gives an overview of Elisha Otiss background before and after his contributing to the elevator. It is user friendly by being able for kids to learn quick facts in an interesting color, not just black and white.

Momma, Big. "The History of the Elevator." timeline.com. timeline beta, n.d. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=806585>. This timeline got me searching for more information farther back in the past from the 1700s. It told me information on the 1200s, so I was inspired to dig deeper all the way back to Achilles.

Carl Friedrich Koepe. 2010. Kulturhauptstadt EuropasWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.4680wanne-eickel.de/149.html>. It describes one of the inventors and how he contributed to the science of elevators over time.

Otis Industrial Green. 2009. WikikmediaWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OtisIndustrialGreen1.jpg>. This shows an engine that was used for the Otis Elevator in the early days.

Bellis, Mary. "Captivity of the Steam Engine History of Steam Engines & James Watt." Inventors. About.com, n.d. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/JamesWatt.htm>.

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This article describes James Watt and gave me a picture to go along with it. It was fun to see all the previous things he had done to get where he was.

Jenney, William Le Baron. Chicago's Home Insurance Building. 1884. Wikipedia, Chicago. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers>. This picture displayed a Chicago building in 1884 after elevators were starting to be used more frequently in architecture.

Broadway in 1860. 1860. Wikipedia, New York City. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_in_the_American_Civil_War>. The picture from here displays a great view of bustling Broadway in the 1860s. Right after the Otis Elevator things were starting to get built.

Faraday, Michael=l. Electromagnetic rotation experiment. 1821. WikipediaWeb. 22 Jan 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday>. This picture displays Michael Faradays Electromagnetic experiment that he worked on in the beginning of his career. It also helped later in the development of elevators.

Wrenn, Eddie. "The changing face of London from the air." Images from history: Rarely seen photographs bring 1800s London back to life. (2009): n. page. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204508/Images-history-Rarely-seenphotographs-bring-1800s-London-life.html>. This bird-eye view shows London in two time periods, which you see a couple of tall buildings starting to go up.

The City of Brooklyn. 2010. acl, New York. Web. 22 Jan 2013. <http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/11/30/a-birds-eye-view-of-new-york/>. This picture is to help show New York in a modern view from the sky down.

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McEwen, Rebecca, and Cheryl Granham. Inventions and Discoveries: Architecture and Engineering. 3. Chicago: World Book, Inc, 2009. 4-47. Print. This book was a guide to seeing how an invention changed the decisions of architecture and life itself. It helped me describe how I felt elevators had become a turning point history.