Leominster: Otis (Meredith Mods) Traction Elevator @ Former Savetelli's Dept. Store

At 54 Main Street, we ride a snail.........err..........another Meredith, this time, a bottom-drive traction elevator, in what is now an office building (Was around durring the department store days, as evidenced by graffiti above elevator's floor counter).
THIS IS NOT THE SLOW ELEVATOR I MENTIONED MANY TIMES. That one seems to be locked all the time. I am still trying to capture that snail.....elevator....whatever.

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[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, this is a slow elevator, and this would be the rival to the Otis Hydraulic Elevator at Lenox Square Mall's Bloomingdales store, which MusicFreakCC filmed at only 25 FPM.

[georgef551]

Not the slowest beasts in the world, but slow enough, huh?

[CaptainElevator42189]

I know, but the 10 FPM vertical platform lift that MusicFreakCC recorded in Rochester, NY is the slowest of them all.

[georgef551]

Those kind of elevators are slow as all hell, but I'm talking real elevators, if you get my drift.

There's the Concord LULA at 20FPM, that someone else recorded, and the original Westinghouse that was in operation near where I live, was 10FPM. Those wheelchair "elevators" are about 9FPM on average. There's plenty of those around here as well, but they're so noisy, it's not worth recroding (although a new building near me has one outside. Maybe I might get it).

[CaptainElevator42189]

I know, but if an elevator goes 5 FPM, then it would be the world's slowest elevator.

[georgef551]

From what I've seen here (YouTube in general), it would be the slowest elevator of ANY kind, definately! I'd like to see the slowest full-fledged elevator. Concord LULU probably wins in Hydros, but what about traction?

5FPM, even for a wheelchair lift, is awful slow.

[georgef551]

@lonerman270

It's definately the slowest full-sized traction elevators I know of. :)

[CaptainElevator42189]

Yes, I agree.

[georgef551]

So long as they keep the 25FPM, so we can still brag about having one of the slowest traction elevators. :P

[cubsrule2040]

better: replace it with a ThyssenKrupp Synergy