This skip hoist is here, because it is there....

One hundred years ago, this skip hoist was installed at Sloss Furnaces. It mechanized the fueling of the furnaces which enabled mass production of steel. Mass production of steel led to the modernization and mechanization of the world.

To better control the new mechanized world, semiconductors and computers were created. Semiconductors led the the downsizing of digital technology, and gave rise to the mass collection of data.

To share that data across the world, the internet was created. From the internet came the social media platforms on which this picture of the skip hoist is shared.

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