A Historic High Rise Otis Traction Elevator.

[nathanandrews100]

CaptainElevator42189 Otis Elevator 15 Floors (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,)

[CaptainElevator42189]

Actually, it's 16 floors, since the Tower (1-27) elevators provide level 1 discharge.

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

Elevator bit problem nosie rumble floor inside the lift. Shouldn't report to safety checks & updated with re-painted, replaced shut-the-door with new slide doors test better than fit problem anyway. Very nice otis elevator!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, this is such a nice elevator, and if they were to do some things to it, without ruining it, here's what they should do:

1.Relamp buttons & indicators to LED bulbs, green up, red down, yellow numbers, along with floor jamb plates on doors.

2.Repaint walls, refinish floor, and put in a new bath fan/light fixture.

3.Put a thermostat guard over the private floors (8-17), and open up floors 2/3/7 for Library use. Also, lubricate/tune up machinery.

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

@CaptainElevator42189 Execellent!!!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Thank you so much for agreeing with me, since this would make the elevator look nice and nearly original, without completely murdering it.

[therealdanyelle]

it is dark on level 2.No level 1

[Vanool35]

Great elevator, but needs some repainting and a new glass shade for the light. And why does it only serve 17, 5 and the even floors

[CaptainElevator42189]

Well, I think they should replace the door equipment, repaint the cab, and put a locked box over floors 8-17 for security purposes.

[cannycart]

How do they get access to you if you get stuck? is it just the escape hatch?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I think they go walk up the stairs to the next floor, open the lobby door, and then the escape hatch. Or, they could open the lobby door at the floor it's stuck, and then pry open the car doors.

[ATITANIC1992]

Automatic inner doors ruined the whole thing

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, and it would be an utter shame if they modernized this.

[Balarick]

@CaptainElevator42189 yes an old elevator like this is a gem. those fixtures are nice. vents are good too. most of the indicator lights are broken though

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, these are elevators unlike any other, and the only indicator lights that don't work are 6 & 12, which means this elevator is well maintained for its age.

[KyFriedPlatypus]

Wow, this is in very good shape for an elevator this old.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I know I like antique elevators, but I too would like this elevator, even if it was modernized, just like the public ones, and therefore, would be safer and code compliant.

[michelinman8592]

No offense, but it needs replacement.

[cubsrule2040]

@michelinman8592 could be replaced with a Gen2 M series, Schindler 400A medium-rise, ThyssenKrupp Synergy M series, or a Kone Monospace.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, and maybe they could use a ThyssenKrupp Synergy-M elevator, since UT Austin deals with them a lot.

[elevatorsonly]

No replacement!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Okay, make it last another 100+ years, or forever!

[elevatorsonly]

Right! Make it be replaced YEARS from today...

[CaptainElevator42189]

I agree totally.

[cubsrule2040]

@CaptainElevator42189 was this elevator modernized in the 1960s or Did Otis have these exact fixtures in the 30s?

[CaptainElevator42189]

This elevator is 100% original, and they too had these fixtures in the 1930's.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, I saw the part on ThyssenElevator95's tribute, and since the Tower elevators were modernized in the late 1960's, the solid door might be from that time as well.

[NEXPAR]

I've been dying to see this video every since I saw a snippet of it on thyssenelevator95's "An Elevator Video Tribute" but could not find it until I just happened upon it. I'm a little disappointed that it has a solid inside door instead of a gate and also it's so plain instead of having character. I think it may have had a gate originally but was retrofitted with a door. I've seen similar elevators with large plate glass doors and usually they have gates inside.

[CaptainElevator42189]

It sure is, and I would use around 450-500 FPM.

[NEXPAR]

Maybe they did not have high-speed elevators back then unless they were operator controlled.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, I think the high speed elevators of the time were operator controlled, and it sure is interesting that hydraulic elevators existed before traction.

[NEXPAR]

I'm kind of thinking that hydraulics were the first elevators but only carried goods but then the cable driven elevators were the first to carry people and then hydraulic elevators "made a comeback" for low-rise buildings and thus making it look like cable-driven elevators were first and hydraulics, second. Just a theory.

[cubsrule2040]

@CaptainElevator42189

But as soon as Otis invented the gearless traction in 1903, elevator brands stopped making hydraulic elevators until the Rotary "Oildraulic" first came out in 1937.

I hope that someday the machine room-less traction elevator will make hydraulics obsolete for good.

[an65001]

@cubsrule2040 I hope not! Hydros are better than MRL junk!

[cubsrule2040]

@an65001 No, it's the other way around. MRLs are better than hydraulic junk because MRL uses 1/3 the energy of a hydraulic elevator and doesn't require oil. Plus, this elevator serves 17 stories, and hydraulic won't work for that number of stories.

I think ThyssenKrupp should discontinue making in-ground hydraulic elevators, especially HIGHdraulic and make only holeless hydro limiting hydraulics to 4 stories, then use traction for 5 stories and higher (MRL, geared, and gearless MR)

[an65001]

@cubsrule2040 Oh well then, Hydraulics have more capacity, and I only like tractions that go up 5+ floors, and MRLs break easily. Before you know it, MRLs will be in junkyards. Energy and oil is not a problem, as hydros can use canola (biodegradable) oil and you can use wind/solar generators to power them. Tractions that are regular are much safer than MRL junk!

[an65001]

@an65001 Plus, I like how hydros make sound when going up.

Face it, the hydraulic will prosper. In fact, ThyssenKrupp AMEE G already has the stuff in the past comment. Hydros will be for low-rise and Tractions will be for HIGH-rise!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Actually, I think machine roomless should be for low rise/hydraulic retrofit, geared traction for mid rise/high capacity, and gearless for high rise elevators.

[cubsrule2040]

@an65001 The only MRL elevator that would break easily is the ThyssenKrupp ISIS because it uses Kevlar fiberglass cables instead of conventional braided steel ropes. The ISIS was discontinued after an incident in October 2007 and replaced with the much safer Synergy. The Kone EcoSpace/MonoSpace, Otis Gen2, and Schindler 400A have not had an incident similar to the ISIS

[CaptainElevator42189]

Hopefully the Gen2, 400A, and Synergy elevators will gain popularity like the MonoSpace.

[ATITANIC1992]

@cubsrule2040 it was maybe the ISIS you talk about that fell down with here in Denmark twice. It is a Thyssen from 2004.

Modern elevators sucks

[ATITANIC1992]

@an65001 lol you can use win/solar to power them.

As that will ever happen in the usa.

Dk already has almost 20% powered by wind

wind for the win

[ATITANIC1992]

@an65001 modern elevators break easily. You need a new trend called de-modernization.

[an65001]

@cubsrule2040 Wow. As if the hydro was even MADE for oil!

They can run on WATER! But holeless and roped should be the standard.

[NEXPAR]

The World's First Glass Elevator at the El Cortez Hotel.

[NEXPAR]

@NEXPAR This video has a hydraulic elevator that traveled 15 floors.

[an65001]

@cubsrule2040 That won't happen. The thing is that hydros are still more powerful.

[shsav2012]

slow for 17 floors

[CaptainElevator42189]

I too like the 2-layer swing/slide doors a lot, along with the floor display.

[retroman40a]

Not only was I facinated by the floor display but the "swing door"-2 speed door in the cab.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I watched it, and it was exciting to see all of that machinery in action.

[mrmattandmrchay]

Classic elevator, love the floor display and buttons. It'll have a motor room looking like this...

watch?v=MXD5RyhfCpY

Check out the floor leveling selector at 0:15 - facinating! Not difficult to see how it works - it controls the speed and slows it to a stop when reaching a floor.

Have you been back here since this video? Is this elevator still here or has it been modernised? Not much of these left in the UK now (very rare)

[CaptainElevator42189]

I watched the video, and I did enjoy it.

[Vincent561967]

Please See my Respone Video,This Elevator the band of Toshiba,This is High Rise Crago Elevator with manual door at 70's Industrial Building!

Enjoy it!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, it is somewhat dangerous, since it has the manual doors, and also has the very small cab.

[CaptainElevator42189]

My first videos were done with the Kodak V-803 camera, but now I use my Canon SD-1000 camera. I have used it for 1 year already, and I am totally impressed with it.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I think in the late 1930's, early 1940's.

[elevatorsaregreat]

When was the hydraulic elevator invented?

[NEXPAR]

Don't understand why your comment got negged. Hydraulic elevators actually predate tractions as they were around in the 1800s but used mostly for transportation of goods as people were yet to feel safe using them.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, the elevator is so small, and I also think the old phone is hooked up to the alarm bell, if it has one.

[batterymaker]

Okay, that elevator would give me a major case of claustrophobia. Looks like that little black box mounted above the notice plaque is a Western Electric network box. Probably installed with a phone older than the one shown here.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Levels 2 & 3 contain offices and rare library filed that are closed access.

[escalatorgeek881]

What is on 2?

[CaptainElevator42189]

If this elevator is from the mid 1930's, then it must be easily 75 years old.

[elev8m8]

man! how old is that thing?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I started on level 5, since that's the main floor.

[doverelevatorrules]

BTW, why does it say A Historic High Rise Otis Traction Elevator?

[CaptainElevator42189]

That's because I don't want anyone to know the location of this elevator.

[ElevatorMan2012]

But didn't you say "UT Austin Science Library?" or was that a fib?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Actually, it's a security countermeasure, since I didn't want to be caught for filming the elevator in a secured building.

[doverelevatorrules]

what floor did you start on.

[CaptainElevator42189]

For buildings that are sensitive about security, I disable embedding, so it won't be noticed by anyone.

[buginafugreturns]

why is embedding disabled?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I know it's not a safe elevator, but it's a nice elevator, considering its age.

[djFadeOut122]

wow, that looks very old! nice vid!

[huskykid776]

i get extremely anxietic in elevators

[huskykid776]

i woulda never rode that unless my life depended on it

[CaptainElevator42189]

No, there were no bumpers or sensors on this elevator, which is excrutiatingly dangerous.

[jack9547]

was there any door safety- a bumper or anything?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, since it's very well maintained.

[ElevatorMan2012]

Wow installed the late 1930s! Amazing it still works!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Especially with the high altitude it travels, and the small, dim cab.

[elevatorfan762]

What is on floor 17?

[CaptainElevator42189]

There's nothing up there. It's empty and closed access.

[ElevatorMan2012]

Woah sick!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Thanks.

[mrmattandmrchay]

Great video!  An original otis!

[CaptainElevator42189]

There used to be 17-27 floors of library space in there, but when the library moved in the late 1970's, this became empty, except for the 3 Science Library floors.

[slaidbackjon]

yeah but still, a library with 17 floors!!!??? My library has only 4 floors with two brand new schindler elevators.

[CaptainElevator42189]

The Presidential elevators in the Main Building were the ones that were modernized. The Tower, Library, & Freight elevators were not modernized, and will not be modernized for a long time.

[Mikey84]

Do you have some videos of these unmodernized ones?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Unfortunately, many of the old elevators are being modernized quickly left and right.

[dieselducy]

this one is not on the modernize list is it? i hope it stays this way til june 2009 when i can come and film it.

[CaptainElevator42189]

This elevator will not be modernized for a very long time, so you can come over and record it, but just go to floors 4/5/6.

[Mikey84]

It seems that this elevator has been renovated not so long ago... am I right?

[CaptainElevator42189]

The entire UT Library used to be on all of those floors, but it moved to the Perry Castaneda Library in 1977, and I recorded their elevator as well. But now, Levels 4, 5, and 6 only has the Science Library, and all of the other floors are restricted access.

[slaidbackjon]

Theres a science library in a university thats 17 floors high??? WOW if there is how many science books can there be?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, this is NOT the safest elevator at this place.

[TiffBabe07]

ahh haa thats a way to commit suscide open the doors get under the car thing then call it down and just let it crush, i would do it so fast

[CaptainElevator42189]

I agree with you.

[TiffBabe07]

No way id go on that, id freak out the thing would stop or soemthing of free fall

[CaptainElevator42189]

I agree, since it's so small and dark.

[elevatorfanperson]

what a strange elevator

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, but I am not claustrophobic.

[shihkster1015]

really sucks if you are claustrophobic

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, and there used to be a fan in there, but it no longer works.

[patricknedz]

oh there is vents in there so it should have enough air

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, but there is plenty of air in the shaft, and this is part of the UT Austin Main Building, but is a separate elevator.

[patricknedz]

so there is much air in the elevator? what if you get stuck what would happen? was it hot in there too?

I would rather be in a modern elevator than this kind

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, there is plenty of air, and I like both modern and old elevators.

[patricknedz]

is there alot of air in this elevator? it looks like you could suficate in there if you get stuck

[musicfreakcc]

Isin't that at the UT Austin Main building?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I don't know, but this serves the Science Library, and is actually labeled as Elevator #5.

[Elevator5519]

Why Did It Say This Elevator Was Elevator Number Stacks?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, that's because with the older relay controllers, they get into gear quickly, whereas the digital controllers have to get programmed with the door and control systems to start up.

[harrihealey02]

Nice vid, there is one thing about old elevators, they work stright ayway as of course the new elevators work slowly at start.

[dieselducy]

this is still probabally my favorite elevator video! i want to ride this elevator SO BAD!!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Well, you can only go to levels 4-6, since all the other floors are locked.

[dieselducy]

could i still RIDE to the top like you did? i know the doors are locked, but will the lift still go up there??

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, it still goes up there.

[dieselducy]

i might have to make the trip to TX just to ride that elevator!!! it looks so cool! as always AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO!!

[CaptainElevator42189]

Thanks.

[Neuroth52489]

Big fan of Otis Elevators I see they are my favorite to

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, it would be the U shaped access holes, which are now superseded by the round access holes, and therefore can access the hoistway with a simple key or stick.

[UrbexNW]

No, I meant the outside swing door. Those are quite time consuming to bypass.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, I certainly agree, since there are 2 locks on there: The hoistway access hole, and the emergency door lock on the handle.

[UrbexNW]

How would you rate your elevator door interlock bypass abilities?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I would rate it as poor, since those keys for that type of hole are not made anymore, and is antiquated.

[UrbexNW]

The interlock is hard to bypass on those old ones. The one I've poked around with has a solenoid activated latch on the interior side of the door.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Level 1 isn't served by the elevator, and leads to the basement level.

[Elevator5519]

Where is 1?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, but this one has the old time building smell, and this one is well maintained, despite its age.

[elevatorfan762]

When was that elevator built?

[CaptainElevator42189]

It was built in the mid to late 1930's.

[statebowler2003]

wow that thing is older then the one we have at our college, trust me they break down a lot and they have a strange smell, i take the stairs much faster.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I'm okay on most elevators, even old ones.

[jkmlight]

Would you ride on that elevator? it may be safe but very old.

[CaptainElevator42189]

It is open to the public, but I suggest that you should go to levels 4, 5, and 6, since those are the open library levels. Level 4 is the lower library level, 5 is the main floor, and 6 is the upper library level.

[dieselducy]

is that elevator open to the public? if i go there can i ride it?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Well, sometimes I carry a flashlight, but they have changed out both bulbs recently.

[patricknedz]

theres only one light bulb in there what would you do if the light goes out when your on it?

[CaptainElevator42189]

No. This was installed back in the late 1930's.

[patricknedz]

how old is it didnt you know because you dont have the year installed for Technical specs was in built in the 1800s?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Thank you.

[campusdispatch]

Very nice antique elevator.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, I think so, but maybe the typical sliding doors that are used on modern elevators are better.

[Baytrail]

I do not think they should have the inner door for 2 reasons.

1. It closes so fast you could get pinched.

2. If you get stuck no one will see you and the technicians will have TWO layers to pry through.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I like those old elevators, but I think they'll be modernized soon, along with the tower elevators.

[wangtong04]

needs to be hi tech!

this elevator looks old to me

[CaptainElevator42189]

Oh, that's sad when a building gets torn down, but if it's difficult to renovate, tearing it down might be the only way out.

[KFS67]

Very nice old elevator. I like old buildings when they're in good shape, but my school is tearing them down.

Then again, none of our elevators actually work, either. ;)

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, it's only 150 feet/minute, and dates back to the 1930's.

[ctxcolormonitor69]

Wow! That's a classic. The light bulb panel, and the way the bulbs light is a classic otis. That one's quite slow actually!

[CaptainElevator42189]

I guess if it's at a college, maybe some people jump out because of bad grades.

[CaptainElevator42189]

The words said "No Public Access," because of the mass suicides from people jumping out of the building's unlocked windows in the past.

[patricknedz]

why would peopel jump out the windows thats just stupid why would someone want to kill them self that way

[patricknedz]

what did those words say by the buttons and I have never been on that kind of elevator with the door that looks like the house doors that you pull open but when I went to niagra falls in Canada there was an old otis at an attraction with a 2 speed manual door that you pull by your self slides open and no buttons instead there was a lever thing that you put in differnt positons to make it go up and down a lsdy was operating it but she let me try it

[thegrudge58]

nice elevator

[CaptainElevator42189]

No, because of security reasons, regarding the Charles Whitman shooting of 1966, and tower tours are the only way to get up to the top floor, which of course are controlled by elevator operators.

[fretter31]

Can you get to the elevator that provides access to all 24 floors of this tower?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Actually, I'm used to this elevator, mainly on levels 4, 5, & 6, since those are the library levels.

[KWolfM]

Dude, I wouldn't ride in that elevator. It looks TOO creepy! O_O

[CaptainElevator42189]

I use either my mom's Kodak V803 camera, which has a high memory capacity, or my new, high quality Canon SD1000 camera.

[musicfreakcc]

I use a Konica Minolta Dimage Z2 digital camera, and a JVC GR-D93 camcorder.

[patricknedz]

I either use my aiptex camera or my samson camcorder mostly my aiptex

[thyssenelevator97]

Do you use the Canon SD1000 Camera or the another one? On a few of my videos i used a Canon Powershot A590.

[musicfreakcc]

What type of camera do you use?

[dheaton5]

old elevators r the best