The platform is lowered into the garage, and it is then transported to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
By 1967, dual-purpose ships, carrying loose cargo in the hold and containers on the deck, were giving way to all-container vessels that moved thousands of boxes at a time.
He still had more work to do on the west side, and as he'd put the tools away earlier he'd made a mental note to call and have some more timber delivered.
It was during the ages of the iron horse that delivery really starts to become fast. The United States translated most folk mails by train by nearly 100 years.