dumbwaiter
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According to OSHA, the companies’ employees and subcontractors were exposed to “pinch-point hazards” associated with the dumbwaiter and didn’t ensure employees and contractors were qualified to operate the device.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
Decorated in what she describes as a Parisian style, the roughly 130-year-old unit has vintage features including a 25-foot-long hallway, pocket doors and a butler’s pantry with a dumbwaiter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
He also tinkered with a way of improving a dumbwaiter, the elevator typically used to deliver food and other goods from one floor to another.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
On the upstairs landing we discover something called a dumbwaiter, which, upon inspection, is not dumb at all.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
