Dover Hydraulic Elevator at the KMFA Radio Station.

Riding the nice, jewel of a vintage Dover elevator at the 30th Street & North Lamar multi use building with radio station, & medical/law offices in Austin, Texas.

Technical specs:
General-Dover/Inground hydraulic.
Performance-2000 Lbs/20 HP.
Distance-30 feet/3 floors & 150 FPM.
Year-Installed/1969.

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• Dover
• Hydraulic
• Elevator

[elevatorfreak112]

why do older dovers make thqt squeak noise when the doors open

[CaptainElevator42189]

That's because Dover used aftermarket products on their 1950's and 1960's elevators, such as Epco fixtures, GAL door operators, and some other equipment. But the cabs, machines, and controllers were Dover made, so this is because of the GAL door operator.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, even if this is outdated, it certainly is better quality, and a modernized elevator of this age would NOT last 40 years like this elevator, if that.

[CaptainElevator42189]

I think UT Austin's Calhoun Hall elevator might have one of the first Dover elevators ever made.

[thyssenelevator95]

Actually, the first Dover elevator (under the name Rotary Lift, which made the hydro auto lift and still makes them today) installed their first freight elevator in the vegetable section of Clarence Saunder's supermarket in downtown Memphis, TN. Source: Dover Elevators: A History by Jackson, Janas L.; 1989. The book was given to me by ThyssenKrupp Elevator.

[CaptainElevator42189]

How interesting, and I think Rotary Lift was founded in 1925.

[pnwelevator]

Very Nice Vintage Dover, As for quality concerns it's actually very good.

[buginafugreturns]

When was the first elevator Dover made installed and where?

[CaptainElevator42189]

Holeless and roped hydraulic elevators came out in the mid 1970's from Otis Elevator, and there was an ad on Ebay about the Otis Holeless Elevator, and it was from 1976.

[bus11]

Considering it's age, I doubt this installation is a holeless hydro.