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Montgomery Escalator & Kone Traction Elevator at the North Business Building.

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Uploaded by on Jan 1, 2008

OLDEST ESCALATORS IN AUSTIN TEXAS.

Riding the escalators and elevators at the North Business Building. Also, since the escalators were installed in 1959-1960, and are still original, these now hold the title of Oldest Escalators in Austin, Texas. Amazing isn't it? Literally 50 years old and still working great.

Original Elevator Specs:
General-Montgomery/Geared Traction.
Performance-3500 Lbs/10 HP.
Distance-80 feet/8 floors & 350 FPM.
Year-Installed/1959-1960.

Modernized Elevator Specs:
General-Kone/MRL Traction.
Performance-3500 Lbs/10 HP.
Distance-80 feet/8 floors & 350 FPM.
Year-Modernized/2001.

Escalator specs:
General-Montgomery/Public Transport.
Performance-40" width/10 HP.
Distance-12.5 feet/5 floors & 45 FPM.
Year-Installed/1959-1960.

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Uploader Comments (CaptainElevator42189)

  • I said "And the End is in Sight, but not for long," which referred to the transition from escalator to elevator.

  • It sure is, and I'm surprised it counted all the floors.

Top Comments

  • 2001? The escalators sure don't look 2001 to me! And what a find; escalators on a college campus!

  • One of the escalators was making a strange motor noise. Which one was it?

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  • What did you say at 2:45?

  • that elevator is damn fast!

  • I know he hasn't been on for a year already. I too don't know what happened, and I hope he's doing okay. As with the years, the elevators were installed in 1983, and modernized in 2001, while the escalators are original.

  • AND Sethn172 did that comment, but NONE of the more than 100 people in the elevator community knows where he went.

  • That's correct.

  • The ELEVATOR is '01, according to the specs on the description.

  • The ones on levels 2/3/4 sound alike, but on 5/6, they sound different, and maybe they're slightly newer escalators, or they have different power units.

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