You would love it in Cuba (where I live)... There are plenty of Otis lifts from the 1940s and 50s still in use, complete with original electromechanical control systems...
I've seen situations where only one elevator in a set of two was modernised/replaced, leaving a choice for customers. I'll bet that most will use the new lift. Also, with all the traffic going to the new one, the old one probably would now last a lot longer than if the right elevator was left alone.
Issue is that it become impossible to find parts of even replicate them. I'm a lift engineer who has a lot of old 1971 Bennies on my route but they are becoming more and more unreliable due to parts no longer being available.
It ticks all the boxes for criteria! The old lift is like an old cat or dog that still tries hard but knows the end is near. It’s seriously got some character and is probably not so happy about the new young whipper snapper lift next to it. It’s almost like an old and wise man telling to new lift something like “you may be new and shiney but wait untill you’re over 50 years old, then you’ll know what it’s like to struggle opening your doors”. But the new lift will probably not even last as long as the old one. The old Otis was built to last the lifetime of the building and not to be a piece of planned obsoledance like the new lift that will break down in 10 years before the next modernization comes in. If only the building could talk, it would have a lot of stories to tell.
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I love old Otis lifts. I recently videoed one at Argyle Street Carpark in Hobart Tasmania Australia. It’s a crummy video as there was a security office at the bottom with cameras recording all 6 lift lobby’s and a few people we going in and out. There is also a levelling problem as both doors open before it’s stopped!! If you want to see the video just let me know. It’s early 70’s model btw, also I love your videos.
if i ever get to see either of those service stations, I'm gonna film the lifts, especially Hilton Park's OTIS if it is still alive if and when i eventually get there
The new lift at Hilton Park has DMG buttons, yuck! I personally don't like them cause they look cheaper than Dewhurst. Let's hope the old lift will stay for much longer. Were the OTIS lifts at the other end of the Hilton Park service station still unchanged?
You could have those doors running perfectly within an hour if you fitted a couple of capacitors and associated resistors. (Oh! and you need someone with the technical know how to carry out the work).
Cool! I'm assuming you don't mean your ACTUAL birthday? Else that'll make you about 8 months old - which means WOW you've learnt how to read and write so early! haha, just a joke. How old are you George?
Was there this morning The shiny lifts are still working as normal The other side has a replaced lift and the old Otis with the dodgey doors sadly the old Otis is not permanently switchd off probably because of the new lift next to it.
@@mrmattandmrchay well I wrote the comment in the morning I was there but I also was there in the evening and stayed in the Travelodge there I arrived there at like 22:00 and was filming there at like midnight
@mrmattandmrchay Maybe the reason why the old Otis at Forton Services did not work on the ground floor is because the call station is broken. I am pretty sure that call station was broken in 2017, so maybe the old Otis still works, but you did not try the call station on the first floor.
Thanks for the message, but there was a advertisement board in front of the doors on the first floor and I did try the call button on the first floor which didnt work.
@mrmattandmrchay If you tried the call button on the first floor and it didn’t work, the Otis really is shut off. If not, the call station up there is broken too.
@@MichalM that probably makes sense as the original motor room is likely to be full of asbestos and it would be easier just to decommission the old motor (too expensive to remove it) and leave in place with all new equipment installed in the shaft.
You might get stuck at the 'just go in' stage, as all the doors are locked to the tower. We had a guided tour, but that was a long time ago and the person that showed us around isn't there anymore. If you did get in, worst is they could call the police, but essentially you'd end up with your name taken down and escorted out - that's it (unless you were caught damaging or stealing something).
The saddest thing i know, is disused infrastructure. Railway, roads, communications, elevators, buildings, bunkers. That's why I will be bringing an oil can with me to the bunker i am going. You have no idea how many things you can grease up in there.
@@mrmattandmrchay I can't seen the the need to have two working lifts so suspect the old lift will just be switched off when it fails completely . Apparently the bridge between the two sides was closed for a few years in the early 2000s due to asbestos which may explain how the old lift lasted so long before it was replaced.
