One of the papers at Elevcon was on the wooden Outdoor elevator in the Buyukada, presented by C. Erdem Imrak, Elevator Technologies Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Büyükada, is the largest of the nine islands comprising the Princess’ Islands in the Marmara Sea, there is an elevator, built in 1936 to accommodate a visit by Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, to the Anatolian Club.

The outdoor elevator for transportation from sea level to the hotel entrance defies the years with its wooden structure in a metal shaft.