Man engine - GIF and photo

[Altair]

Man engine, a simple elevator used by 19th century miners.






Previously:

Paternoster elevator - GIF
Steam-powered elevator - photos
Coal mine canary reviving chamber - photo
Spedding mill illumination device - photo
Manually pumping air into an underground shaft - GIF

[jdurand]

never seen that type, but I do remember as a child seeing the vertical conveyor belt type. I wasn't allowed to use it, only the adult workers in the plant used it.

[hemmjo]

I remember vertical conveyors in a parking garage when I was a little kid. Old school garage where they park it for you.