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1920 OTIS Manual elevator at 124 E Fulton Street in Grand Rapids + Machine Room View!

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Uploaded by on Sep 1, 2010

1920 OTIS Manual elevator at 124 E Fulton Street in Grand Rapids

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  • Was that lady the operator?

  • thats a winding drum machine, lovely elevator, well documented

  • @RobR386 No kiddin. I was actually lucky that the lady let me film it. That was nice of her!

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  • @pomonabill220 As well.

  • @pomonabill220 Agrees with that but I think the uploader was simply too overexcited to think as how often do you come across a vintage Otis elevator not only still being in use but in good condition?

  • OMG! What a wheel!

  • Look at that huge Otis flathead motor!

  • SLOW DOWN!!! Keep your panning to a minimum and SLOW DOWN!!!

  • very nicely done video, near my old  job an office building has an Otis winding drum elevator installed in 1906. Traveled up and down for 89 years before the motor needed rebuilding. You lucked out getting to see the "wheel" in the machine room. The Motor-Generator set changes incoming AC to DC for the hoist motor. Those traveling cables seen by the generator were thick and heavy. Top of the shaft, the sheave room (pulleys) which the hoist ropes run over down to the cab and counterweight. .

  • lots of stuff in a manual elevator.

  • These are pretty!

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