Vertical transport devices

railway with a toothed rack rail, usually with steep grade and low operating speed

construction equipment for working at heights

thumb|Boat suspended from Welin Quadrant davits; the boat is mechanically 'swung out' thumb| in the 19th century, showing her boats suspended from wooden davits thumb|Gravity multi-pivot on cruiseferry Scandinavia thumb|Gravity Roller Davit thumb|Gravity multi-pivot davit holding rescue vessel on a North Sea ferry thumb|Freefall lifeboat on the Spring Aeolian thumb|Frapping line thumb|Labeled Tricing thumb|Gripe thumb|Steps to launch davit thumb|Roller Gravity Davit

concept of an enormous artificial ring placed around the Earth that rotates at an angular rate that is faster than the rotation of the Earth

proposed momentum exchange tether

proposed system for launching objects into orbit

spacecraft launching method

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stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head

ladder-lift mechanism installed in mines