Revisiting the Antique Imperial Hydraulic Elevator @ Sentinel Office Centre Roanoke VA

[MrTransman99]

If it's an imperial elevator, Darth Vader could have ridden it :P

[TheZekethunder]

Nice elevator. It is in good condition. Also, I like the motor. When was this elevator installed?

[an65001]

@TheZekethunder Early 1960's.

[theelevatorstation]

what camera i only get 360p

[stevethemeave45]

what capacity was it?

[an65001]

@stevethemeave45 1200 LBS.

[PivotMasterD1]

I've been on a Chenoweth-Kern elevator older than that one, and almost broke it (it hit the top of the shaft).

[georgef551]

Finally upped the tiny B&A Traction, with 2K lbs capacity.

It's also a video resonse to this.

[TheZekethunder]

This is very nice. When was it installed?

[elevatorfreak112]

the motor actually sounded creepy almost as creepy as the one at jacksonville medical center

[j6282]

sounds like hes wearing high heels

[ShadowrealHedgehog]

whoah...when the doors opened i was like wtf? blank wall? then you walked in and it was the elevator, the fixtures look likemones in a circa from the 60's im not sure though.

[techfury90]

Fixtures look near-identical to a circa 1969 Westbrook traction elevator. I wonder where Imperial is from.. I know Westbrook was from Danville, VA.

[elevatorfreak112]

A very beautiful elevator andrew nice footage

[ElevatorMan2012]

That is a very interesting bumper, how it like "squeezes" instead of fully pushing back.

[FanManLover]

When The Elevator Was Getting To The First Floor It Was Still Leveling Of Wet When The Doors Open

[dieselducy]

this pisses me off that I shot in high quality and the option to watch is not here, instead you have to add to the URL :(

[neaelevator]

Also an interesting bumper. The rubber give way to a sensor inside the bumper. It is not a solid metal or plastic bumper like most.  I have only seen that type of bumper once and it was on a 1964 Dover elevator but they removed the elevator prior to be filming elevators.

[neaelevator]

Wow the elevator traveled past the top floor and releveled as you can see when the doors opened on floor 2.

[dieselducy]

yep.. it goes past the floor and levels down. it is very strange.

[ElevatorMan2012]

That happened to me at a train station in New York once. It was going down, though. It went down past the first floor and then re-leveled back up. It scared me for a second.

[flushshit]

That elevator has to be at least 20 years old!!! EXCELLENT find Andrew!

[CaptainElevator42189]

It sure is, and it's obviously well maintained, since it still works to this day.

[captainELevator4154]

nice!