Shaft
Encyclopedia

Long narrow passages

  • Elevator
    Elevator
    An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

     shaft
  • Ventilation shaft
    Ventilation shaft
    In subterranean civil engineering, ventilation shafts, also known as airshafts or vent shafts, are vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air....

    , vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air
  • Shaft (civil engineering)
    Shaft (civil engineering)
    In civil engineering a shaft is an underground vertical or inclined passageway. Shafts are constructed for a number of reasons including:* For the construction of a tunnel* For ventilation of a tunnel or underground structure...

    , an underground vertical or inclined passageway
  • Pitch (ascent/descent), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology
  • Shaft mining
    Shaft mining
    Shaft mining or shaft sinking refers to the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom....

    , refers to the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom
  • Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts

Long narrow rigid bodies

  • Axle
    Axle
    An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to its surroundings, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearings or bushings are provided at the mounting points where the axle...

    , a shaft around which one or more wheels rotate
  • Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
  • Line shaft
    Line shaft
    A line shaft is a power transmission system used extensively during the Industrial Revolution. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to each piece of machinery, line shafting was used to distribute power from a large central power source to machinery...

    , a power transmission system
  • Shaft (golf)
    Shaft (golf)
    The shaft of a golf club is the long, tapered tube - generally made of steel or carbon fiber composite - which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head...

    , the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head
  • Staff (stick), various applications

Fiction

  • 1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman
    Ernest Tidyman
    Ernest Tidyman was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F...

     about an African-American private detective
    • Shaft (1971 film)
      Shaft (1971 film)
      Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob neighborhoods in order to find the...

      , a film based on the novel
      • Shaft (album)
        Shaft (album)
        Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 Soul Cinema Classic film Shaft. The album mostly consists of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included:...

        , the soundtrack for the film, recorded by Isaac Hayes
      • "Theme from Shaft
        Theme from Shaft
        "Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Shaft...

        ", performed by Isaac Hayes
    • Shaft's Big Score
      Shaft's Big Score
      Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye, John Shaft. Gordon Parks again directed, and Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. Isaac Hayes was unavailable, so Parks, the director, did the score himself...

      , the second film in the trilogy
    • Shaft in Africa
      Shaft in Africa
      Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the blaxploitation trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000...

      , the third film in the trilogy
    • Shaft (2000 film)
      Shaft (2000 film)
      Shaft is a 2000 American action-crime film directed by John Singleton, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Pat Hingle, Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa L. Williams, and Mekhi Phifer. This film is not a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, but rather a sequel,...

      , a follow on of the 1971 film, released in 2000
      • Shaft (2000 soundtrack)
        Shaft (2000 soundtrack)
        Shaft is the soundtrack to the 2000 action film, Shaft. A mix of contemporary R&B and hip hop, it was released on June 6, 2000 through LaFace Records. The album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The song "Bad Man", by R. Kelly, was...

        , the soundtrack to the 2000 action film, Shaft
    • Shaft (TV series), a series of TV movies
    • John Shaft
      John Shaft
      John Shaft is a fictional character created by schoolteacher/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman as a sort of African American version of Ian Fleming's James Bond. He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and its two sequels, with Samuel L. Jackson portraying his nephew in the 2000...

      , the title character of the above films
  • Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania video game series
  • Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
  • Shaft (comics)
    Shaft (comics)
    Shaft is a Marvel Comics character and pupil of the blind warrior Stick, former mentor of costumed crime-fighter Daredevil and pro assassin Elektra Natchios. He is a highly trained ninja and a member of good ninja cell the Chaste. He fights with fellow Chaste warriors Stone and Claw, occasionally...

    , a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic Youngblood
  • a weapon in the Quake
    Quake (series)
    The Quake series is a line of first-person shooter video games produced by id Software.-Overview:The Quake series is somewhat unusual in that its focus changes frequently; the story of Quake II has nothing to do with Quake, and Quake III Arena has little to do with either of its predecessors...

    video game series
  • a horror movie, The Shaft
    Down (film)
    Down is a 2001 horror film about a killer elevator, starring James Marshall and Naomi Watts. The film is also known as The Shaft, which is the name used for the United States DVD release...


Music

  • Shaft (rave)
    Shaft (rave)
    Shaft was a UK based dance music act, that scored a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart in December 1991, with a rave track, "Roobarb and Custard". It featured vocal samples from the vintage children's television cartoon Roobarb, as well as a variety of sound effects...

    , a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with 'Roobarb and Custard' sampling vintage children's television programme 'Roobarb'
  • Shaft (British band), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
  • Shaft (New Zealand band)
    Shaft (New Zealand band)
    Shaft is the now long-standing vehicle of prominent songwriter Bob Cardy , original guitarist for legendary band The Axemen and a stalwart of the New Zealand underground scene...

    , a New Zealand indie band
  • Shaft (club)
    Shaft (club)
    Shaft Rock Blues and Jazz Club is a blues and rock club in Istanbul, Turkey. Besides providing blues and jazz music which gives the place its name, it additionally offers a combination of rock music covers by famous Turkish musicians and a weekly free stage night for newcomer musicians...

    , a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey

Places

  • Borden Shaft, Maryland
    Borden Shaft, Maryland
    Borden Shaft is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland located south of Frostburg, in the Georges Creek Valley. It lies at an elevation of 1795 feet ....

    , formerly called Shaft
  • Shaft County
    Shaft County
    Shaft County is a county in Gilan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shaft. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 63,375, in 16,466 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Ahmadsargurab District...

    , an administrative division of Gīlān Province in Iran
  • Shaft, Iran
    Shaft, Iran
    Shaft is a city in and the capital of Shaft County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,158, in 1,700 families.Shaft is located approximately southwest of Rasht. Rural economic activities include rice cultivation, fish farming, and animal husbandry.On Mondays,...

    , the capital of Shaft County
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