THE RISE-BUT RARELY THE FALL-OF The Elevator From: The Washington Post | Date: March 21, 1995| Author: Wendy Ross | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It is 1854, and you are a visitor to New York City's fabulous Crystal Palace Exhibition documenting progress in industry and the arts. You join a crowd watching as a bearded man in a frock coat and top hat solemnly announces that he is prepared to risk his life to demonstrate his invention. He stands on an open platform that begins to rise toward the ceiling of the cavernous hall.

Powered by a chugging steam engine, a drum winds a rope that lifts the platform, steadied by vertical guid...

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