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Sara Chase was the owner of the planned building site. She refused to give up her land. After the city went through the supreme court it was ruled that they could create a right-of-way to the elevator. She agreed to give up a narrow portion of her land.

The elevator took three years to build and was constructed out of wood and steel.

The first bond issued " A public elevator at the bluff"

Located at the top of the elevator was a catwalk that extended 35 feet stretching across and connecting the elevator to the cliffside.

After many years of use in the 1950's it was decided that the elevator would be replaced with a new one.

Initial Elevator:
The original elevator that was constructed in this area was built as a means of transportation for the residents in the city. The alternative option before the build, would have been walking the stairs from the base to the top of the cliff which consisted of 722 steps. A bond measure to raise $12,000 for construction was put to voters in July 1912. This levy failed, but a second referendum passed in December of the same year. The elevator opened to the public in 1915, delayed by politics. The original elevator was water-powered and took three minutes for the ride. When the elevator stopped working during the ride passengers would have to exit through a trap door that had a narrow ladder where the passengers would climb down to safety. Located at the top of the elevator was a catwalk that extended 35 feet across that connected the two sides. .The elevator was so popular that most of the cliffside stairs were removed. The elevator was converted to electric drive in 1924, which reduced the time to 30 seconds.[6]

Original Wikipedia Entry:

Initial Elevator:
A bond measure to raise $12,000 for construction was put to voters in July 1912. This levy failed, but a second referendum passed in December of the same year. The elevator opened to the public in 1915, delayed by politics. The original elevator was water-powered and took three minutes for the ride. The elevator was so popular that most of the cliffside stairs were removed. The elevator was converted to electric drive in 1924, which reduced the time to 30 seconds.[6]

Practice Citing:
"The Municipal Elevator (free), 7Th and Railroad Ave., is the city's oldest structure. It is a slender perpendicular steel framework tower with an enclosed shaft, from the top of which a horizontal steel bridge leads to the first residential terrace above the business section. The elevator lifts pedestrians ninety feet up the steep face of the cliff."

Practice Using Citation's

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Tallboy (Furniture)

·        Is the article's content relevant to the topic? I think that the content is relevant. The article mentioned that the most elaborate pieces came from Philadelphia, but they didn’t mention really why or who was making them.

·        Is it written neutrally? I believe it was written neutrally the only things that I saw that may have not been neutral was when they were referring to Philadelphia being one of the more important American cities. But I’m not sure if that’s not being neutral.

·        Does each claim have a citation? When describing the details of what went into making the Tallboy furniture the citation we’re reliable.

·        Are the citations reliable? The only citation that I clicked on that didn’t work was the reference for the low boy. The site said it was not found. The article header stated that it also “ Needs additional citations for verification”  and to “Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources” so there is work to be don’t to this one.

Birkenstock

·        Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The articles content was mostly relevant to the topic. The only part that I wasn’t sure about was in the history section when it talked about what type of generations wore them.

·        Is it written neutrally? I think it was neutral for the most part but the history part I wasn’t sure about whether that was neutral or just one’s personal point of view since it stated, “The timing was important because the "hippie" kids wanted to be different from their parents and radical and these shoes were just the beginning for them.”

·        Does each claim have a citation? I didn’t notice a lot of citing in this article with the claims.

·        Are the citations reliable? The citations that are there are reliable. I just think they may need a bit more for some of the history sections claims.

Oregon City Municipal Elevator

·        Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the content was relevant.

·        Is it written neutrally? It was written neutrally

·        Does each claim have a citation? The claims do have Citations. I think the article was well written and to the point. I noticed it had the times that the elevator was open and closed but the link to it was no longer valid.

·        Are the citations reliable? There were quite a few links that works and were reliable. However, two of the articles were no longer working so there is some updating that needs to be done.