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I live in California, and most of my elevator videos were filmed in California, but I have also filmed elevators in other states, and even Canada. I have filmed elevators in: California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Indiana, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, Ontario, Canada, and Quebec, Canada.
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This absolutely *does not* surprise me... I live in a 75 year old building in NYC. This elevator in my building is quite similar in nature to that one.
I was in one in the 1960's in a home in Lexington Kentucky my relatives name as Virginia a relative of the late actress Particia Neal she had a cousin named Evelyn Mahan, Evelyn was my paternal grandfather's sister, I rode in it once it was next to the fireplace you could see the bricks of the fireplace as we rode up.
This elevator is actually in an office building, not a home. It's installed by Home Elevator Co., who installed elevators in both multi-family residential buildings and commercial buildings.
This elevator is now having weird controller issues. On the second floor the indicator will show 3 and voice announces "third floor". The elevator have also now gotten vandalized.
@@upanddownadventures I thought this was the case commercial building since an elevator like this would require 3 phase AC. I recall from my childhood a glass elevator (landing doors) geared traction era 1930's at the downtown Berkeley main library. The elevator was similar to this one. It was removed in the mid 70's replaced with a hydralyic elevator.
The disconnect panel is actually the secondary one, there is a primary one or a circuit breaker would be located in the electrical room. The "ball" within the the hydro line is a muffler, yes the tag is a lock out indicating the machine is being serviced, maintained.
1:45 On reddit someone said MRLs apparently aren't allowed in California for a while, so it could be a gen2 motor in a tiny machine room before they were allowed.
As far as I know, in California the controller specifically must be located in it's own room. It is allowed for the motor/machine to be in the hoistway.
Do you remember what building this was, i.e. was it a parking garage? I'm trying to find the garage used in the opening scene of The Driver, where Ryan O'Neal steps off one of these belt manlifts.
Yes it was a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles. I would have no idea if this was the filming location for the movie though. As far as I know, valets would typically use these manlifts to move between floors and park/retrieve cars. This garage doesn't have any valet service that I'm aware of, so that may explain why it's decommissioned. Parking garages aren't the only location these can be found, although it's probably the most likely place you would see one as a member of the public.
@@upanddownadventures No worries. I found the one I was looking for, with a ridiculous amount of detective work! It's not even downtown, incidentally, so I was looking in the wrong place for ages. I've no idea if the belt manlift is still there, but I'll hopefully get to visit myself at some point.
Still running quite well, if you were on the basement or lowest landing at the end of the video, I believe I heard an MG whirling nearby. The era of 1927 DC traction were common.
I don't know if I am comfortable saying, given that they didn't want the location disclosed. I will say that it's a building that seems to be locked 24/7, and I was able to contact the building's office, and someone who I think may have been the building manager let me in.
This is the same building with a vintage Westinghouse black button freight elevator. Sadly I believe it is guarded by security now, but back in August 2023 I was lucky enough to sneak a ride on & get a good video of it. These ones are pretty cool too. I was here just the other day
I think the address is 208 NW 21st Ave. You may like my next upload in that case (one of my 2 favorite antique passenger elevators I rode in Portland). It's possible you or other elevator enthusiasts are aware of it, but if not I can HIGHLY recommend visiting it if you love vintage elevators like I do.
@@johnoconnor4019 Pretty much always yes. In fact manual elevators can be operated improperly, such as overshooting the top/bottom floor which will cause some elevators to shut down, and closing the doors from the outside, which can lead to being locked out of the elevator. For that reason I wouldn't suggest operating a manual elevator if you don't know what you are doing.
This “Incline Elevator” looks like the one from the “MTA 34th Street Hudson Yards Subway Station”, the “DC Metro Huntington Train Station”, and the “Cityplace Metro Station in Dallas TX.”
The tallest hydraulic elevators I came across were 9 floors high in the administration building of my old college. They were very slow. I'm surprised this elevator was not traction, 200 + feet to inset the cylinder and the size of the power unit required to lift 200 feet up.
I was going on a trip to Tacoma for a conference, and I visited Seattle & Portland to explore the cities and ride elevators. I did come across a few cool elevators that are possibly new finds in Portland. I will try to upload some of those in the coming weeks.
This elevator likely went into alternate recall. This happens when a fire alarm initiating device is triggered on the recall floor. If the fire key switch is turned on after alternate recall, it will recall to the main floor instead.
I'll be up there in a week and hopefully will be able to ride these. Where did you find out about the upcoming mod, and do you know what company will be doing it?
This video was filmed very recently (roughly 1 week ago), so even if the mod has started by the time of your visit, one original car should be running. I will note that (at least according to signs) many if not most UW buildings close at 5 pm on weekdays and are closed on weekends (although these elevators serve a parking garage, so they might be open later in the day, unsure about weekends) Some public university campuses have a webpage that lists recent/upcoming bids, and "Meany Hall Elevator #188-189 Replacement" is listed (which would be these two cars). What cities are you visiting? Tacoma is fairly close to Seattle, and if you like vintage elevators there are a few elevators that may be worth the trip. I also visited Portland, but haven't uploaded any videos from there yet.
@@upanddownadventures Wow, thanks for all the info! I'm glad you told me about the building hours. Most universities in my area stay open much later so I'll have to watch out for that. I am thinking about going to Tacoma but not sure if I will have time. I would love to see that Otis pop-out.
