Antique Dover Traction elevator @ First National Bank Building Roanoke VA

[michelinman8592]

I LOVE the motor wind-up and wind-down!

[HardDriveGuru]

I really, really do love these fixtures. They're so pretty!

[joekenorer]

That is awesome for catching a hit or two on the ol' bowl. If I were in charge, I'd make everyone leave the fan on at all times.

[Bus7777]

Do you ever just press the call button, let the doors close and just sit it it?

[hcp051000]

Why did you choose not to tour the basement? Why did you skip 'B'?

[dieselducy]

I tried to push "B" but the basement is locked :(

[crapper1]

this is when dover made good elevators in the 80's and 90s they made lower quality thus making their products have a rep of being unsafe and unreliable

[CaptainElevator42189]

I think this elevator is from the mid 1960's, because of the vintage Dover logo.

[dieselducy]

yes because the Blackburn Science Building has these same fixtures and it was built in 1969

[CaptainElevator42189]

And I also have a video of a medical/law building with those fixtures from 1967-1969.

[cubsrule2040]

@dieselducy actually Blackburn Science Building was built in 1967

[cubsrule2040]

@CaptainElevator42189 was it 1969 or 1970 that the squareback logo was first used?

[CaptainElevator42189]

1955 to 1970 was the vintage logo, 1970 to 1985 was squareback, and 1985 to 2000 was roundback.

[cubsrule2040]

@CaptainElevator42189 actually squareback logo was 1970 to 1987 and roundback 1988 to 2000

[CaptainElevator42189]

Right, because the Impulse fixtures are easy to identify, with 1980-1987 being squareback, and 1988-2000 being roundback. Also, the same thing holds true with Classic & Vandal Resistant fixtures.

[dea41396returns]

I'm surprised it still works, because keep in mind, IT'S A DOVER!!!!

[patricknedz]

remember dover made the best in Hydraulics they are crap due to carlessness of the owners that dont take car of it , and old elevators RARELY EVER BREAK new elevators break a whloe hell of alot according to andrew and they are cheaply made and he said that there was brand new otis the indecator fell off and the elevator is slow