DOVIS Hydraulic Elevator at 77 Quaker Ridge Road Office and Medical Building in New Rochelle, NY

This elevator was first installed in 1974 as an Otis Lexan. It served only floors L and 2. As you approach the elevator, the building to the right where you would park your car is not original. In 1987, they added that onto the existing building. Now, the 1st floor landing had offices and needed to be served by the elevator. In 1987, Dover came in and put the new opening, replaced the fixtures and the all of the doors. I believe the cab and the hydraulics are still original, but everything else appears to have been replaced by Dover. At least the modernization was done with Custom Impulse, a rare form of Impulse that is flush to the COP rather than slanted. I grew up on this elevator, and it has a lot of sentimental value to me. My grandmother worked in this building from 1974-1984 and 1987-2004. I used to be in her office almost every day, and I always loved taking rides with her on this elevator. The other day, she explained to me what it looked like when it was installed and what it looked like when it was modernized. Ih8escalators and I came to the conclusion that this was a former Otis Lexan, due to the old call button slate, and now a Custom Impulse. We call it a DOVIS, since it still has its original motor and what we believe to be its original cab, but everything else is now Dover. It really pains me to see how this elevator is beginning to fall apart. The lanterns are starting to glitch, the indicator burns out every now and then, the bumper and sensors are broken, the interlock is starting to become faulty and the elevator give HUGE jolts while going up and down. Of course, ThyssenKrupp is maintaining this. I really hope they fix this before it's too late and they modernize it AGAIN. On another quick note, I found something interesting about this elevator. It has an EPCO alarm bell on the outside in the office building hallway. Now isn't that cool!

Technical Specs:
Installer- Otis
Modernizer- Dover
Former Fixtures- Otis Lexan
Current Fixtures- Custom Impulse
Type- Inground Hydraulic (Original)
Speed- 100 FPM
Capacity- 1500 lbs.
Installed- 1974
Modernized- 1987

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[Ih8escalators]

R.I.P. 1974-2011

[suzzex]

@Ih8escalators I think you mean R.I.P.S :D

[88888kitty1]

at 1:17 i'll bet u can make a sparta remix off the chimes

[suzzex]

@88888kitty1 ;)

[procksomaterman]

@suzzex how was the interlock gliching?

[nidokingthefirst]

YouTube Historic Landmark:

The DOVIS elevator

Installed 1974 by Otis

Modernized 1987 by Dover

Replaced by ThyssenKrupp in 2011

R.I.P. You'll be missed. :*(

[clarkloveselevators]

@suzzex What does R.I.P.S. stand for? I really don't know!

[msj191961]

Man loved this thing. This was a rare one. Good thing you got some of the parts to it.

[TheElevatorPlanet]

I miss this thing.

[msj191961]

I like it.