Westbrook Self Leveling Elevator @ Grand Antique Store Bristol VA

[palmbeachman22]

Very nice elevator. You film some really nice elevators :)

[CBMAwards]

Now THAT is an elevator!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Indeed, and the fixtures are apparently from CJ Anderson, with HHR hall stations and HN car stations.

[danielrichardbond]

The badge on the floor is there to cover the safety resetting device.

[clarkloveselevators]

Wow. That elevator sure did pass inspection time!

[cullgmail]

Nice original elevator. But it's too bad that there NO more original Alderson elevators

[sausageroll95]

Nice horse :P

[matheusazedo32]

wonderful elevator?!... Not! Awful elevator. Self levelling + Classic levelling = shit levelling elevator = THIS CRAPPY elevator

[cannycart]

Elevator is spelled wrong @ 2:14

[Defiantsniperx]

Nice i love wachin your vids!

[otisfirelite219]

were there possibly two in that bank?

[dieselducy]

@otisfirelite219 there is but one is defunct and used as a closet

[otisfirelite219]

@dieselducy thanks

[ELTIGREROCKS10NEW]

Were there 2 elevators?

[liftboy92]

How old is that One?

[instamatic804]

I live in Bristol, and I've been in this elevator many times. Grand Antiques used to be Grand furniture. Prior to that, it was Parks-Belk. The elevators date to the 1960s at the latest, as my mother recalls using them when she was in high school in the early 1960s.

[NEXPAR]

That elevator was likely a manual elevator. I guess it was a first that would level automatically so the operator did not have to level it.

[NEXPAR]

I remember a store that used the elevator as fitting rooms. It was on the first floor of a low-rise building that had been vacant. One elevator was operational and one was turned into a fitting room.

[scheitinjebroek]

traction or hydraulic?

[mintz515]

@scheitinjebroek It is traction.

[LittleRockElevators]

That's a beauty.

[ElevatingPirate]

I also noticed that it has the same Westbrook badge in the floor as Clement Dorm does, at East Carolina.

[ElevatingPirate]

Excellent, a Westbrook elevator! I'm retaking the two at the ECU Howell Science Building tomorrow, actually.

[neaelevator]

Beautiful!

[parejopinto]

lol

[suzzex]

You can hear the generator for the motor running! Older elevators had to produce their own DC electricity if they wanted to level, so they needed a generator. Also, the Up/Down button is for inspection service. Those fixtures look Doverish...

[Parrot175]

Those fixtures look gist like new and are in very good condition!!!

[parejopinto]

hey was there an elevator next to this one??

[Streetcar1743]

The sounds you are hearing is either the belts for the doors or the gibs at the bottom of the door are missing. The gibs is what makes the door run smoothly without that grinding sound.

[thyssenelevator95]

Incredible!

[ih8filechia]

Nice one!

[jimster586]

Incredible. Those are the same fixtures as the Imperial in the Sentinel office building.

[seanq95]

Arent those the fixtures in an Imperial elevator?

[04smallmj]

Why do you always hide the camera at the end of every video?

[crapper1]

lets get another look at that leaky roof lol

looks like they forgot to replace that certificate 5 years ago epic fail but epic win on the beautiful elevator

[georgef551]

Death Trap.

Even the camera had enough a couple times. (The two break-ups of the video.)

[TheElevatorChannel]

that's a weird camera glitch at 2:57!

[dieselducy]

not the camera, youtube :) i was trying to put a clip in from the 1st take to show the door :)

[CaptainElevator42189]

Nice elevator, and I found out the fixtures are older GAL fixtures.

[dieselducy]

i think you are right, do you know when GAL came about??

[CaptainElevator42189]

GAL was established in 1927, so that makes them the oldest elevator fixture and parts company, with Adams being established in 1930.

[ElevatingPirate]

Yes, and Westbrook used GAL interlocks, at least in 1969.