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==History== |
==History== |
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| − | Pickering Lifts was founded in 1854 and at that time they manufactures hydraulic elevators and hand-powered hoists. In 1896, the company began to manufactured operatorless elevators for low rise buildings. It is unusual in that it is one of the UK's major elevator companies that has managed to avoid being taken over by one of the "Big Four" ([[Otis]], [[Schindler]], [[Kone]] & [[ThyssenKrupp]]), and has remained independent for all of its history. |
+ | Pickering Lifts was founded in 1854 and at that time they manufactures hydraulic elevators and hand-powered hoists. In 1896, the company began to manufactured operatorless elevators for low rise buildings. In possibly the 1950s, Pickerings invented the first machine room less elevator, the Pickerings Econolift. It also might have been the first elevator in the UK with no inner doors. Possibly in the mid-1970s, the Pickerings Econolift was discontinued. It is unusual in that it is one of the UK's major elevator companies that has managed to avoid being taken over by one of the "Big Four" ([[Otis]], [[Schindler]], [[Kone]] & [[ThyssenKrupp]]), and has remained independent for all of its history. |
==Notable installations in United Kingdom== |
==Notable installations in United Kingdom== |
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Revision as of 04:52, 15 May 2014
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Pickerings Lifts is a British elevator manufacturer, based in Stockton-On-Tees in the North East of England. Pickerings also has another branch located in Ireland, and also manufactures its own escalators.
History
Pickering Lifts was founded in 1854 and at that time they manufactures hydraulic elevators and hand-powered hoists. In 1896, the company began to manufactured operatorless elevators for low rise buildings. In possibly the 1950s, Pickerings invented the first machine room less elevator, the Pickerings Econolift. It also might have been the first elevator in the UK with no inner doors. Possibly in the mid-1970s, the Pickerings Econolift was discontinued. It is unusual in that it is one of the UK's major elevator companies that has managed to avoid being taken over by one of the "Big Four" (Otis, Schindler, Kone & ThyssenKrupp), and has remained independent for all of its history.
Notable installations in United Kingdom
- Vernon Building, High Wycombe
- Middlesbough Zetland Car Park
- Travelodge, Milk Market, Newcastle
- Bargate Shopping Mall, Southampton
- Dartford Railway Station, Kent
- Brencon House, Maidstone
- Royal Star Shopping Centre, Maidstone
- Vauxhall Railway Station (Platforms 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8)
- Aston Railway Station (Platform 1)
- Snow Hill Railway Station, Birmingham (Tram Platform)
- New Victoria Theater, Woking
- Whole Foods Market, Kensington
- Castle Lane Shopping Mall, Stockton
- Cherry Orchard ApartHotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man
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