Elevator

An elevator was a piece of technology that was used to travel to various floors of a building, starship, or facility.
Elevators were used on Earth as early as the late 20th century. Mercy Hospital in San Francisco had separate elevators for visitors and employees with patients, the distinction being communicated using signs. Two interns at Mercy Hospital were discussing the different views of the doctors Gottlieb and Weintraub when James T. Kirk, Gillian Taylor, and Leonard McCoy joined them in an elevator. ()
Turbolifts were sometimes referred to by the more common term elevator. When Saavik halted one of the s turbolifts to inquire of Admiral Kirk how he had beat the , he didn't answer. By the time Kirk finally resumed the turbolift's course and the doors opened, an irate Doctor McCoy was waiting for them. His first words upon seeing them were "Who's been holding up the damn elevator?" ()
In 2287, when Spock was equipped with levitation boots, carrying Kirk up Turbo Shaft # 3, when he reached Doctor McCoy, he told them "You two go ahead I'll wait for the next [elevator] car." ()
An elevator was in use in main engineering aboard the Federation starship in 2364 to travel from the first to the second floor. ()
The recreation of the hotel of the novel Hotel Royale contained an elevator, which Worf mistook for being turbolift. He approached it, expecting the doors to open automatically, but found that they required manual operation instead. ()
For using the elevator in the Tower of Commerce, Ferengi had to pay seven strips of latinum. ()
== See also ==
* Express lift
* Turbolift
== External link ==
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Category:Transportation technology