Ọchịchọ maka njem kwụ ọtọ dị ka mmepeanya mmadụ. Nkembụ ebuli nyiweeji ike mmadụ, anụmanụ na hydraulic ebuli ibu. Ngwa ndị na-ebuli elu dabere na ụdị ikike ndị a bụ isi ruo mgbanwe mgbanwe ụlọ ọrụ.

Na Gris oge ochie, Archimedes rụpụtara ngwaọrụ ebuli elu ka mma nke ụdọ na ihe ndọba na-arụ. Ọejiwinch na lever iji fụọ eriri ebuli na bobbin.

Na 80 AD, gladiators na anụ ọhịa weghaara ikpo okwu mbuli eluiruịdị elu nke ebe egwuregwu dị na Roman Coliseum.

Ihe ndekọ nke oge ochie gụnyere ọtụtụ ndị buliri ngwaọrụ ebuli elu yana ụkpụrụ ndị na-enye ihe n'ebe ndị dịpụrụ adịpụ. Ndị a kacha mara amara bụ ikpo okwu na-ebuli elu nke ebe obibi ndị mọnk St. Baram na Gris. Ebe obibi ndị mọnk a dị n'elu ugwu dị ihe dị ka mita iri isii na otu n'elu ala. Igwe elu na-eji nkata ma ọ bụ ụgbụ ibu ebuga ndị mmadụ na ngwongwo elu na ala.

N'afọ 1203, a na-eji nnukwu igwe na-akpụ akpụ arụnyere ebe a na-ebuli elu nke ebe obibi ndị mọnk dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri France. Ịnyịnya ibu ahụ nyere ikike ibuli elu. Site n'ịtụgharị eriri gburugburu nnukwu ogidi, e buliri ibu ahụ.

Na narị afọ nke 18, a malitere iji ígwè ọrụ eme ihe na mmepe nke ikpo okwu na-ebuli elu. N'afọ 1743, Louis XV nke France nyere ikike ka e tinye ndị ọrụ n'elu ikpo okwu na-ebuli elu n'obí nke Versailles.

N’afọ 1833, otu usoro nke na-eji mkpara emeghachi ihe buliri ndị na-egwuputa ihe n’Ugwu Harz nke Germany.

N'afọ 1835, a rụnyere ebe a na-ebuli elu na belt nke a na-akpọ "igwe winch" na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na UK.

N'afọ 1846, ụlọ ọrụ na-ebuli elu hydraulic mbụ pụtara. Ngwa ndị ọzọ na-ebuli elu pụtara n'oge na-adịghị anya.

N'afọ 1854, onye ọrụ America Otis chepụtara usoro ratchet wee gosipụta ikpo okwu dị mma na-ebuli elu na New York Trade Fair.

N'afọ 1889, mgbe e wuru Ụlọ Elu Eiffel, a rụnyere ikpo okwu na-ebuli uzuoku, e mesịakwa, e ji igwe mbuli mee ihe.

Na 1892, e wuchara ngwá ọrụ ebuli elu Ugwu Astilero dị na Chile. Ruo ugbu a, ikpo okwu 15 na-ebuli elu ka na-eji igwe na akụrụngwa sitere na ihe karịrị afọ 110 gara aga.

Ugbu a, "Gotthard Tunnel" nke a na-arụ na Graubunden, Switzerland bụ ọwara ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị n'okpuru ala site na ebe ntụrụndụ Alpine na mba Europe ndị ọzọ. Ogologo ya dị kilomita 57, a na-atụkwa anya na a ga-agwụ ya ma meghee ya na okporo ụzọ na 2016. N'ọdụ ụgbọ oloko "Alps" dị elu nke dị ihe dị ka mita 800 n'elu ala, a ga-arụ ebe a na-ebuli elu ozugbo n'ala. Mgbe emechara ya, ọ ga-abụ ikpo okwu na-ebuli ogologo oge n'ụwa. Mgbe ha rutere n'ala site na ikpo okwu na-ebuli elu, ndị njem nwere ike iburu Alpine Glacier Sightseeing Express Train wee rute ebe ntụrụndụ n'elu ugwu n'ime awa abụọ.