Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology: 



Paper 19 



Elevator Systems 



of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 



Robert M. Vogel 



PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE TOWER 4 



THE tower's structural RATIONALE 5 



ELEVATOR DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE TOWER 6 



THE to'wer's elevators 20 



EPILOGUE 37 



