Inventions Episode 33: The Lift

Inventions Episode 33: The Lift

Author: Riley Knight August 15, 2025 Duration: 29:49
Half-Arsed History
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The lift has played a very important role in modern building design and construction, sending skyscrapers higher and higher into the air and transforming the layout and densities of cities all around the world. 


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