From what I can see, *industrial* lifts predate passenger locomotives in our history. Passenger lifts were a novelty for the rich as locomotive prototypes were being built.
About fifty years later, passenger lifts and railways were both commercially available.
Being associated with a castle/nobility would make a pneumatic lift even more likely.
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Date: 2009-11-09 02:45 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator#History
From what I can see, *industrial* lifts predate passenger locomotives in our history. Passenger lifts were a novelty for the rich as locomotive prototypes were being built.
About fifty years later, passenger lifts and railways were both commercially available.
Being associated with a castle/nobility would make a pneumatic lift even more likely.