An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom.
Any shaftway, hatchway, well hole, or other vertical opening or space in which an elevator or dumbwaiter is designed to operate.
(shaft) an opening through a building or structure for the travel of elevators, dumbwaiters, or material lifts
Also called the shaftway, the opening created in a building through which an elevator passes.
The area within any building or structure that the elevator travels in.
The space enclosed by fireproof walls and elevator doors for the travel of one or more elevators, dumbwaiters or material lifts. It includes the pit and terminates at the underside of the overhead machinery space floor or grating, or at the underside of the roof where the hoistway does not penetrate the roof. (Hoistway is sometimes called "hatchway" or "hatch".)
A shaft way for the travel of an elevator or dumbwaiter. It includes the pit and terminates at the underside of the overhead
A shaftway for the travel of one or more elevators.