A paternoster lift is a chain of open compartments that work in a loop. The name of the system comes from its resemblance to rosary prayer beads and is Latin for Our Father, which is the first two ...

University of Essex’s Paternoster lift underwent a major renovation in 2020-2021. ... The name originates from the system’s resemblance to rosary prayer beads and is Latin for Our Father, ...

Officially called “Personenumlaufaufzug,” or cyclic people-elevator, the Paternoster (or Our Father), takes its nickname from its perceived resemblance to rosary beads slipping through the ...

The article on the German finance ministry building (Report, March 25) and the subsequent letter on its paternoster lift awakened vivid memories for me.When I was in sixth form in the 1970s we had ...