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"I thought YOU had the blueprints!"
Chicago circa 1955. "Elevator engineers." A job that has its ups and downs. 4x5 acetate negative from the News Photo Archive. View full size.
What do the guts of a modern day Otis elevator look like -- microchips?
When I hired out as a millwright almost 40 years ago my foreman handed me a six-foot folding rule and told me that I should ALWAYS carry it with me.
To this day I have my "stick" in my back pocket ready at a moment's notice to get those accurate measurements when necessary. I see the fellow on the ladder follows this tradesman's tradition.
Ralph, I've got at least 50 "gray wires" here.
Must be. That sure looks like Bob Hope on the headphone.
[Really?? - Dave]
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