Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Paternoster lift" in English language version.
A lift has been invented and patented by Mr. Peter Ellis, architect, of Liverpool, which we may class as a person lift, but which differs from any other in the fact of its having two shafts instead of one, with several cages or chairs in each shaft, and in moving continuously up one shaft and down the other... the passengers entering or leaving without stoppage, although having the power to stop it in case of necessity... we give a description of the first completed specimen, which has been in use for some months in Oriel Chambers
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