Vintage Montgomery-Kone Traction elevators @ the Marine Building, Vancouver, British Columbia

Very nice Vintage historic traction elevators in the Marine Building at Burrard and Hastings in downtown Vancouver British Columbia. A view of a smaller elevator that just serves the top 3 floors is now locked off since the last time I saw it. I wish I could have recorded that elevator 20 years ago when it was still available to ride without key access. I have also included some images I took of the building after getting caught off gaurd in the elevator by a woman who asked me if I was taking pictures of the building. I should have responded differently! :)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Antique
• Vintage
• Historic
• montgomery-kone
• kone
• Montgomery
• traction
• elevator
• elevators
• lift
• ascensor
• Marine
• Building
• Vancouver
• BC
• British
• Columbia

[VancouversLocalNerd]

Ah ha, so one of them does make a Dover noise, I thought I heard a buzz when I filmed these. Also yeah, probably shoulda just said yes to that womans question, people take random pictures of the lobby and whatnot there all the time, you would never get in trouble for it.

[elevatortraction]

Yeah she kinda caught me off gaurd on that! :p

[CaptainElevator42189]

Very nice elevators, and if it's a vintage Montgomery Kone, it might be from 1994-1995.

[viroverfan2010]

Judging by that giant lobby indicator and the indicator inside the elevator it looks like these were Otis-Fensom originally until Montgomery-Kone modernized them in around the 80's-early 90's. Glad to see they kept most of the original charm intact.

[suzzex]

Wow! That is a beauty!

[georgef551]

Nothinng says "Montgomery KONE" like the Dover Buzz (2'nd working elevator ridden). I love those old status panels that were used in the lobbies. I miss those.