User:Hutcher/Shaft

Shaft most commonly refers to:
 * Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used as a hoistway for an Elevator
 * Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used for ventalation
 * Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used in Shaft mining
 * The shaft of a Pole weapon, such as a spear

Shaft may also refer to:

Engineering

 * Axle, a shaft around which one or more wheel rotate
 * Drive shaft, a mechanical component within a drive train for transmitting torque and rotation

Fiction

 * Shaft, a 1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective
 * Shaft (1971 film), a film trilogy based on the novel Shaft
 * Shaft (album), the soundtrack for the 1971 film Shaft recorded by Isaac Hayes
 * Theme from Shaft, performed by Isaac Hayes
 * Shaft (2000 film), a follow on of the 1971 film, released in 2000
 * Shaft (TV series), a series of TV movies
 * John Shaft, the title character in the Shaft films, TV and novel
 * Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania video game series
 * Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
 * Shaft (comics), a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic Youngblood
 * The Shaft (film), a horror movie

Music

 * Shaft (rave), a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with 'Roobarb and Custard' sampling vintage children's television programme 'Roobarb'
 * Shaft (band), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
 * Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band
 * Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey

Places

 * Borden Shaft, Maryland, formerly called Shaft
 * Shaft, Iran
 * Shaft County, Gīlān, Iran