Imfuno yothutho oluthe nkqo indala njengempucuko yabantu. Iamaqonga okuqala okunyusawasebenzisa amandla abantu, izilwanyana kunye namanzi ukuphakamisa ubunzima. Izixhobo zokuphakamisa zithembele kwezi ndlela zamandla ezisisiseko kude kube yinguqu yezoshishino.

KwiGrisi yamandulo, u-Archimedes wavelisa isixhobo sokuphakamisa esiphuculweyo esisebenza ngeentambo kunye neepuli. Yonaesetyenzisiweyoiwintshi kunye nelever ukujija intambo yokuphakamisa kwi-bobbin.

Ngo-80 AD, ama-gladiators kunye nezilwanyana zasendle zathatha iqonga lokuphakamisa langaphambiliukufikelelaukuphakama kwebala lemidlalo kwiColiseum yaseRoma.

Iirekhodi zeMedieval zibandakanya abantu abangenakubalwa abaphakamisa isixhobo sokuphakamisa kunye neepateni ezinikezela ngezinto kwiindawo ezizimeleyo. Eyona nto idumileyo kwezi yiplatifomu yokuphakamisa ye-St. Baram Monastery eGrisi. Le monastery ibekwe encotsheni yentaba malunga neemitha ezingama-61 ukusuka emhlabeni. I-hoist isebenzisa iibhaskithi okanye inethi zempahla ukuthutha abantu kunye nempahla.

Ngomnyaka we-1203, iqonga eliphakamisayo lekhaya leemonki elikunxweme lwaseFransi lafakwa kusetyenziswa i-treadmill enkulu. Idonki yanika amandla okuphakamisa. Ngokujija intambo kwintsika enkulu, umthwalo wawusonyuswa.

Ngenkulungwane ye-18, amandla omatshini aqala ukusetyenziswa ekuphuhliseni amaqonga okuphakamisa. Ngomnyaka we-1743, umFrentshi uLouis XV wagunyazisa ukufakwa kwamaqonga okunyusa abasebenzi kusetyenziswa izixhobo zokulwa kwibhotwe labucala laseVersailles.

Ngowe-1833, inkqubo esebenzisa iintonga zokubuyiselana yaphakamisa abasebenzi basemgodini kwiiNtaba zeHarz zaseJamani.

Ngomnyaka we-1835, iqonga eliphakamisa ibhanti elibizwa ngokuba yi "winch machine" lafakwa kumzi-mveliso wase-UK.

Ngomnyaka we-1846, iqonga lokuqala lokunyuswa kwe-hydraulic kwishishini lavela. Emva koko ezinye izixhobo zokuphakamisa amandla zavela kungekudala emva koko.

Ngo-1854, umkhandi waseMelika u-Otis wenza i-ratchet mechanism kwaye wabonisa iqonga elikhuselekileyo lokunyusa kwi-New York Trade Fair.

Ngowe-1889, xa kwakhiwa i-Eiffel Tower, kwafakelwa iqonga lokunyusela eliqhutywa ngumphunga, kwaza kwasetyenziswa ilifti.

Ngowe-1892, izixhobo zokuphakamisa iNtaba yaseAstilero eChile zagqitywa. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iiplatifti zokuphakamisa ezili-15 zisasebenzisa oomatshini kunye nezixhobo ukusuka kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-110 eyadlulayo.

Okwangoku, "iGotthard Tunnel" ephantsi kokwakhiwa eGraubunden, eSwitzerland ngumzila kaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba osuka kwiindawo zokungcebeleka e-Alpine ski ukuya kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu. I-57 yeekhilomitha ubude kwaye kulindeleke ukuba igqitywe kwaye ivulelwe i-traffic kwi-2016. Kwisikhululo sesitimela se-"Alps" esinesantya esiphezulu malunga neemitha ze-800 ukusuka emhlabeni, iqonga eliphakamisayo liya kwakhiwa ngokuthe ngqo phantsi. Emva kokugqitywa, iya kuba lelona qonga lide lokunyusela emhlabeni. Emva kokufikelela emhlabeni ngeqonga eliphakamisayo, abakhweli banokuthatha i-Alpine Glacier Sightseeing Express Train kwaye bafike kwindawo yokuphumla entabeni ngeeyure ezimbini.