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(1 of 2)I have never seen a side emergency exit...
they are now prohibited in most jurisdictions for new installations.
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I have never seen a side emergency exit...
they are now prohibited in most jurisdictions for new installations.
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Another blurry view of this exit...notice the type of contact used.
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What do you think this guy is up to...
could he be stuck in the entrance frame?
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Image 34 (1 of 3)
Trying to "rescue" her sunglasses from a freight car pit...
Image provided by: Kyle Ingrham
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Image 35 (2 of 3)
How did she find them in this mess...
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Image 36 (3 of 3)
Success!
She's standing on the car platform...
Doesn't appear to be much of an enclosure...does it?
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Image 37 (1 of 2)
As they attempt to unravel the mysteries of the car door clutch...
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Image 38 (2 of 2)
...the passengers enjoy their short stay in a sort of "human zoo"
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An emergency light and alarm...economy models!
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A car top emergency exit cover equipped with a set of contacts...
Image provided by: Rod Taylor
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The contact is usually an internally "jumped-out" plug configured like this...
This way no one can plug a vacuum cleaner or drill motor into the receptacle.
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Image 42
A more conventional emergency exit. The emergency exit cover is open
but the movable portion of the suspended ceiling panel is still in place.
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Image 43
A car top emergency exit in use...
Image provided by: Neal Carlton
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Image 44
You hate to see this happen...
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An elevator key (drop key) in a machine room...
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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"Elevator Key For Fire Dept. and Emergency Use Only"
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How does it work...
Image provided by: Sam Jewels
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Image 48
A nifty tool indeed...
Image and tool provided by: Columbia Elevator Products Company
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Image 49
A different sort of elevator rescue...
A rescue party, circa 1905, waiting to descend the mine shaft during a Welsh mining
disaster at the Wattstown Colliery in the Rhondda Fach Valley, United Kingdom.
Image provided by: Patrick Roytan
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