EDOUX SAMAIN" ELEVATOR ADVERTISING PLATE - Lot 295

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EDOUX SAMAIN" ELEVATOR ADVERTISING PLATE - Lot 295
EDOUX SAMAIN" ELEVATOR ADVERTISING PLATE Rectangular enameled iron with central Eiffel Tower motif, inscribed "Edoux Samain Vol-Automatische Liften Electro Lift Rotterdam tel. 29600 ". Inscribed "Octr. N 30871" at lower left. C. 1930. Height. 116.5; Width. 82.5cm; Thickness. 2cm. Missing enamel, bumps and scratches. Félix-Léon Édoux (1827-1910) presented a hydraulic elevator at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. In 1884, Gustave Eiffel commissioned him to build a machine to link the second floor to the top of the Eiffel Tower, a distance of almost 80 meters. This elevator remained in service until 1983, when it was replaced by an electric system.
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