NEW PARKING MACHINE
A - • X* t {•£ ' 'i K . > , A vertical par-king machine for Cricago's Loop district has recently baen placed in' operation on'Monroe -Street, states-ah exehangg.- -This^S-fc'dr^ark-ing apparatus is the first puhlic installation of its kind, and is- considered q step nearer the solution of the parking P'roblem in the Loop, Forty-eight cars, 24 -in each unit, arp apcommodated at " one time in a structure 105 feet: high qnd on a: ground,area"of'32 fe'et'by 24 •feet, which- is little more than that of a two-car garage. . - Oper-ating on a "corltinuo'hs chain principle, the vertical parking machine has -often been described as- anelon■gated - f erris-. wheel. The ■ machine- incorporates complete safety deviees, and wilhnot pperate when -ap -indivi-i . dual is, within the enclosure or: when the • doors ■ th'e- open: •* A '• separate crddle'is provided for each-autolnohile, After one is parked the1 machine ope-' rates to bring a vacant cradle ittto position fof'the mext- car.; - Each ^machine includes a 75 horse-power directcurrent elevator-type motor; eleyator type- elevator and rheostatic • eonbroL J A-t' East P-ittshurg a-station' handli'ng I 144 cars has been in operation for . more -than a year.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 368, 1 November 1932, Page 2
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184NEW PARKING MACHINE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 368, 1 November 1932, Page 2
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