Dover Classic Hydraulic elevator @ DuPage Co. Health Department Lombard, IL.

I was here and found this elevator and had to ride it. The counter lady said between me and her, I could ride and film. Special thanks to her for that. It sounded and felt like it was broken and the ride wasn't smooth at all. It was faster going up than it was down. It has no up/down indictor nor a chime. Crappy but nice old Dover. Also, the fire alarm system you saw was only part of the system. There were Simplex 4251-30s with glass and 4050 or 4051 horns on light plates (shown) but the rest of the system is mainly Wheelock 7002s and new Edwards 270-SP0s in Stopper IIs (not shown) so the whole system is dual-action in some way.

Elevator features:
Single door
Light (key)
Alarm
Stop/run (switch)
Door open
ADA complient phone

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Old
• Dover
• Elevator
• Health
• Department
• Small
• Crappy
• Nice
• Escalator
• Bumpy

[wileyk209zback]

Oh boy, the Simplex 4051+4050-80 and 4251-30 combination. I've seen those all my life; in fact, the school I went to for kindergarten had those! Nearly all of the alarms and pulls were like that, though there was also a Wheelock NS horn/strobe in the music room, as well as a few newer Edwards 270-SPOs and Simplex 2099-9103s (newer break-glass pulls). This system is still there to this day.

I am guessing this building was added onto in the 1980s, judging by the newer alarms and pulls you mention

[msj191961]

@wileyk209zback Hmmm. They must be loud. I love this combo! Thanks for the comment!

[wileyk209zback]

@msj191961 Yep, those 4051s were REALLY loud. There are quite a few schools in my city that also have the same 4051+4050-80 and 4251-30 setup; most of them with Simplex 4207 or 4208 fire alarm panels (the school I mentioned has a 4208 tied into a newer Simplex FACP, probably a 4005 or 4010). They renovated quite a few schools in the mid-to-late 1970s, and that is why they have systems like that.

They also have a fire alarm system like that in the Art Center at Bridgewater State University.

[cartoonyboy]

Beautiful 70's Dover classic here.