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1940s Manually controlled Express lift

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@JP_TaVeryMuch 11 месяцев назад

The quietly reassuring ta-dum, ta-dum as it glides on its journey reminds me of other wooden wonders I have known. And now I've watched the rest of it, the click and the clack of the relays is even more cheery. I know that ones and zeros are cheaper and more efficient, but sod it, there is a more human feeling strangely to this beauty. Yes, a romance even. Bit like a steam train. Thank you for taking me back to department store assistant-operated lifts as a tiddler with Granny.

@ELPaso1990TX 11 месяцев назад

These lifts should have a preservation order put on them so they can never be replaced by crappy generic lifts.

@boiii3productions945 10 месяцев назад

I agree and beno agrees but the building might replace it and the country may not allow buildings to still have old elevators/lifts

@Supreme_transport 11 месяцев назад

This is what we call a true lift

@TomBryant-zw1ss 11 месяцев назад

exactly

@andrewthompsonuk1 11 месяцев назад

I remember department stores with lift attendants with a control like that. As a small kid, the attendant would often let me drive the lift, never particularly exciting as I could only do what they told me to do. In these lifts, the doors were closed by pressing on the handle, and up and down were like in the video. Sometimes a customer would change their mind and want to go to another floor, the attendant could stop and change direction at the next floor to drop that person off as in the video. At some times during the day, the handle would be locked and the lifts would return to automatic control -- some customers would find this very concerning.

@joemercedeschannel196 11 месяцев назад

What an amazing lift.

@musiclabmn 11 месяцев назад

Reminds me a lot of the old Otis micro drive elevators that had a separate leveling motor. This is amazing.

@ChristinaGXL 6 месяцев назад

We have a disused (since mid 80s) 1948 Manually controlled Express SMS freight lift in our ex tram depot museum with the same equipment, only less of it as there are only 3 levels and single speed. It's a type AT45-1 with CSII control. I'd like to salvage the logic and set it up to control a model lift in the museum itself for people to see.

@AndrewG1989 11 месяцев назад

That’s actually quite a nice looking lift. Very posh and well looked after.

@Bombiedude. Месяц назад

Wow really neat piece of engineering dispite it being very odd in every way

@LiftSurferRYEGI 11 месяцев назад

This was a beauty of a find! Incredible lift.

@williamsquires8010 11 месяцев назад

Stunning find. Nottingham Co op House (department store, built around the same time) also had manually controlled lifts like these. I suppose semi automatic is perhaps more accurate.

@jemjon 11 месяцев назад

What a beautiful lift...

@JamesPetts 11 месяцев назад

This is fascinating.

@liftsiniceland5727 11 месяцев назад

Very nice

@Kaarlamari 11 месяцев назад

Nice lift😊

@Plaxton_presidents 11 месяцев назад

Awesome

@TęgieZiomeczki 11 месяцев назад

Wow! That's A Good Piece Of An Lift, In Poland, Manual Control Was Mostly Seen In Freight lifts to 1960's.

@gabrielstravels 11 месяцев назад

0:22 and unusually (looking at the blue thing) it appears to also have a bi directional governor!

@benolifts 11 месяцев назад

Thats the gearbox

@gabrielstravels 11 месяцев назад

@@benoliftsahh I see, looked the same as a governor tbh (please excuse my lift knowledge ignorance)

@ELPaso1990TX 11 месяцев назад

Don’t the lifts in Harrods also have manual control? I’ve seen the handle inside the lift.

@windowsxpnt2347 11 месяцев назад

Hey Austin this is guys

@LiftSurferRYEGI 11 месяцев назад

hey guys this is surfy

@TomBryant-zw1ss 11 месяцев назад

where is this

@AlexL13487 11 месяцев назад

Hey Austin this is guys🤓🤓🤓

@LiftSurferRYEGI 11 месяцев назад

Hey guys this is surfy

@AlexL13487 8 месяцев назад

@@LiftSurferRYEGI ok

@random-user-hu5pj 11 месяцев назад

4:50 is that not an inspection control?

@nelsonahlvik6650 11 месяцев назад

Is that a retrofit digital positioner?

@benolifts 11 месяцев назад

Yes. I wonder what company made these. A very specialist item to replace a certain part. I like that the effort was made by someone to design and manufacture this. I couldn't see this happening with a modern lift