Section 131. Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters  


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  • Every  shaft  shall be
      enclosed on all sides with fireproof  walls  and  shall  have  fireproof
      doors  and  assemblies at all openings, with the doors self-closing. Not
      more than three elevators or dumbwaiters shall ever  be  placed  in  the
      same  shaft.  All dumbwaiter doors shall be fastened by an interior lock
      in the shaft operated and controlled from a central point. The doors  of
      every  elevator  shaft  shall  be  provided  with an automatic device to
      prevent the normal operation of the elevator unless the hoistway door at
      which the car is standing is closed and locked, or unless  all  hoistway
      doors   are  locked  in  a  closed  position.  Such  doors,  except  for
      power-operated sliding doors, shall have a vision panel  of  wire  glass
      not  exceeding one square foot in area. Every elevator shall be equipped
      with a gate or door with an  automatic  device  to  prevent  the  normal
      operation of such elevator unless such gate or door is closed.