Westinghouse Traction Elevators - 345 Chambers Street - [TriBeCa] Manhattan, NY

Now this was definitely an awesome sight! Two TRACTION Mid-Rise elevators in a high school! NYC is filled with vertical high schools, this being one of the tallest ones. Stuy High School is one of the best schools in the country and is very hard to get into. As you can see, they do have Westinghouse escalators, turned off for the weekend. According to my friends that attend here, they said the escalators break-down everyday, sometimes even twice or thrice a day! (That's the good ol'Westy escalators for ya!) These were also modernized by Fujitec in 2004.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• M4H02205

[ElevatorGuy7200]

Are students allowed to ride the elevators here?

[suzzex]

@ElevatorGuy7200 Watch the video again, and look for a sign in the elevator. That will answer your question.

[ElevatingBoston]

One of my coworkers/buddies from HCo went to Stuy. It's a very prestigious high school for math/science and sits on a beautiful waterfront plot too.

He used to mention how the escalators sucked too. I always wondered what kind of elevs/escalators it has. How did you even get in? TriBeca Bridge?

[suzzex]

@ElevatingBoston I was here for a student-run program. If you want me to tell you a bit more, PM me, since I would rather not discuss it within comments.

[Pinkergloop]

I don't know why but when it opened its doors it sounded like an Otis.

[suzzex]

@Pinkergloop GAL interlock, sometimes used by OTIS. OTIS elevators usually use the 6940A interlock, which has a unique closing sound.

[elevatortimes]

That is so cool!!!! I have never seen a school as a high rise building. The student population must be over like 4000 is its in a big tall skyscrapper.

[suzzex]

@jimster586 Imagine going to school with a traction elevator? (Correction 4!!!???) The funny thing is my school had a traction elevator with dead man's controls. Unfortunately, it was burned to ashes after a fire in 1968. Burlington/Dover came and installed Jaws of Death and the passenger, which was re-modded in 1994 by Midland. (Ironically hydraulic)

[suzzex]

@escalatorgeek881 Vertical high schools are very common in NYC. The average height is about 5 stories.

[escalatorgeek881]

That is tall for a high school. I guess this is right in the city, and land space is limited.

[jimster586]

Cool elevators for a high school.