Ah, those good old-fashioned elevators with the control lever, sliding doors and folding interior gates, and exterior floor level gauges with the moving indicators above the doors! 🙂
Vintage elevators do not last forever. It's probably costing a lot more to maintain them than it's worth. Especially when it comes to trying to find parts for them when they are no longer being made. And they probably don't meet current regulations for elevator safety. So that's why they need to be modernized
Just curious, what happens if you run a manual elevator past the top /bottom floor? Does it stop and let you go back down or do you hit the final limit and get stuck?
Brand/Company: OTIS Buttons: none just a crank Door type: outside 2 speed manual door sliding left ◀️ with inside manual gate sliding left ◀️ Number of elevators: 1 Number of floors: 8 Amazing Beautiful and Epic elevator! Too bad that it's gone 😭😢😓😣😞😥🥺😔, what company modded the elevators and what buttons and indicators are on them now?
SACRELIDGE! There should have been protesting in the streets over those elevators being modernized! I would have rather them remixed The Beatles into Techno or Dub Step before modernizing those. That one looked like it ran perfectly.
So sad to see these beautiful elevators being replaced by regular ones! I can understand it’s hard to hire elevator operators, but they could have preserved one of the cars in its original state! We need to keep proof of our past technologies! Were you able to collect some of the fixtures?
This will be truly missed. Sucks that it gets modded for the boringer and not vintage. It’s a shame that they modernized elevators without making them vintage again
It stinks but they needed to so they will continue to operate and not break so anybody won’t get stuck on it or injured. Sad to see historic things go but it’s a shame they don’t make historical stuff anymore
Just like most of the wooden escalators at the NYC Macy’s getting replaced by Schindler, except for the lower level set. Their Gurney elevators were tastefully modded. You need to visit there again.
Beautiful, nice elevator
Thanks.
Thanks.
Ah, those good old-fashioned elevators with the control lever, sliding doors and folding interior gates, and exterior floor level gauges with the moving indicators above the doors! 🙂
This was an amazing system.
Nice building!
Thank you! Cheers!
I hope they do keep some of the original
Modded
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Vintage elevators do not last forever. It's probably costing a lot more to maintain them than it's worth. Especially when it comes to trying to find parts for them when they are no longer being made. And they probably don't meet current regulations for elevator safety. So that's why they need to be modernized
You are exactly right
American stuff was built to last back then, much more reliable than this cheap Chinese stuff made today.
That historic elevator was fast.
Merry Christmas Awesome saucers.
Thanks!!!
Thats awesome!
It really is.
Just curious, what happens if you run a manual elevator past the top /bottom floor? Does it stop and let you go back down or do you hit the final limit and get stuck?
MOST of them including this will auto stop before the limit switch but some older ones will just hit the limit switch.
Beautiful!!
I need to go back and see the mod.
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Why do I always see the Diesel appearing for a split-second in a random part of the video?
It is a "hidden DieselDucy"
Glad you came down.
Me too
Brand/Company: OTIS
Buttons: none just a crank
Door type: outside 2 speed manual door sliding left ◀️ with inside manual gate sliding left ◀️
Number of elevators: 1
Number of floors: 8
Amazing Beautiful and Epic elevator! Too bad that it's gone 😭😢😓😣😞😥🥺😔, what company modded the elevators and what buttons and indicators are on them now?
Yep
Glad you got to visit my hometown and got to ride the elevator.
I love Asheville!!
On those manually controlled elevators, how did the operator know which floor was calling it when someone pushed the call button?
The annunciation panel would light up the floor
SACRELIDGE!
There should have been protesting in the streets over those elevators being modernized!
I would have rather them remixed The Beatles into Techno or Dub Step before modernizing those.
That one looked like it ran perfectly.
It did. They were having a hard time getting parts though.
This is beautiful! Let's see how the mod turned out...
I really need to get back here
@@DieselDucy hi
So sad to see these beautiful elevators being replaced by regular ones! I can understand it’s hard to hire elevator operators, but they could have preserved one of the cars in its original state! We need to keep proof of our past technologies!
Were you able to collect some of the fixtures?
They are leaving the car switches in the cars. I was given a plate out of one of the elevators. TOTALLY agree with your post of leaving one original.
And it’s going in the museum.
A well maintained and preserved 1920's manually operated elevator. It was quite fast, DC traction with rectifier?
It was a multi voltage elevator
EPIC Otis Elevator, Such a shame it's Now Modernized. Wonder which innovation Fixtures it will be? 2:58 Great ending of the Video.
Thanks :) I need to go back and check.
Very epic!
Sadly not any more
that car switch is amazing.
It really was
It’s sad to see that these got modded
it is but I can see why they did it.
@@DieselDucywhy do you see why they modded them?
So is this elevator modernized by now if it is can you make video about that
I definitely plan on going back down here to do an update
@@DieselDucy awesome and merry Christmas to you Andrew and happy holidays and happy new year
This will be truly missed. Sucks that it gets modded for the boringer and not vintage. It’s a shame that they modernized elevators without making them vintage again
It’s always sad to see a historic elevator modded.
It stinks but they needed to so they will continue to operate and not break so anybody won’t get stuck on it or injured. Sad to see historic things go but it’s a shame they don’t make historical stuff anymore
Never mind America, Make Elevators Great Again............
R.I.P. Completely unnecessary to be honest. I do hope the cranks were left there as decoration.
I believe they were
Otis manual elevator scissors gate door
BRANDON PLEASE STOP STATING THE OBVIOUS
@@Jack-zd7rvstay off my comments go bother someone else ur ruining the community
@@BrandondHasty how
How
@@DieselDucy these folks won't leave me alone
Epic find! Too bad this is getting ripped out
Yeah but it is hard to get parts for
Just like most of the wooden escalators at the NYC Macy’s getting replaced by Schindler, except for the lower level set. Their Gurney elevators were tastefully modded. You need to visit there again.
Could’ve waited 5 more years?
Yeah but I see why they did it. Having 3 operators was expensive but I agree with another post. They could have left one original.
@@DieselDucyhow was it expensive? What do you mean?
@@BuildingToursForLife1660-4 The building property itself may go bankrupt.
@@Elevatorelectricgate R.I.P
Did they say who did the mod?
I believe it was United
That crank is wired in reverse.
After this comment, I noticed that. I don’t know why they would do that.
Hi
Hi
I swear if it's another trashy Innovation mod...
I believe it is but the character of the elevators are retained. I NEED to get back here.
hi
hi
@@DieselDucy whats up are you work
whats up
I'm hoping it's not a stupid Generic.
they left the cars intact so they still look historic.
@@DieselDucy I meant when they get completely modded.
People suck... Three-speed?
yeah they were 3 speed and VERY fast.