An amazing fright elevator still in service was built to last, has been well oiled and maintained. The pull rope probably has a capacity of 10,000 or 12,000 #'s + with the 2:1 roping Along with the two block compensating sheave on the cab and counterweight. The smaller push button likely is 2:1 but with a single sheave top of cab and on counterweight.
This building has 5 freight elevators, only one of which is pull rope operated? Believe it or not, pull-rope freight elevators were still being installed in the early 1920s, if not even later. I don't know about this one specifically, but on some of these pull rope elevators, there would be a pair of "stops" on the rope for each floor, and I think the device the rope passes through can be used to stop on intermediate floors. I definitely agree with the statement of not operating one of these if you don't know what you are doing... very old freight elevators that have not been retrofitted with modern safety devices can be VERY dangerous if not used correctly, for multiple different reasons. I would consider these types of elevators endangered. I have no idea how many survive, but from my research I would estimate they are illegal in around half of the US states if not more, and out of the remaining states that haven't outlawed them, they are extinct or near extinct in many of them. I can agree... I love these things so much. They are incredible pieces of history in my opinion.
An amazing fright elevator still in service was built to last, has been well oiled and maintained. The pull rope probably has a capacity of 10,000 or 12,000 #'s + with the 2:1 roping Along with the two block compensating sheave on the cab and counterweight. The smaller push button likely is 2:1 but with a single sheave top of cab and on counterweight.
This building has 5 freight elevators, only one of which is pull rope operated?
Believe it or not, pull-rope freight elevators were still being installed in the early 1920s, if not even later.
I don't know about this one specifically, but on some of these pull rope elevators, there would be a pair of "stops" on the rope for each floor, and I think the device the rope passes through can be used to stop on intermediate floors.
I definitely agree with the statement of not operating one of these if you don't know what you are doing... very old freight elevators that have not been retrofitted with modern safety devices can be VERY dangerous if not used correctly, for multiple different reasons.
I would consider these types of elevators endangered. I have no idea how many survive, but from my research I would estimate they are illegal in around half of the US states if not more, and out of the remaining states that haven't outlawed them, they are extinct or near extinct in many of them.
I can agree... I love these things so much. They are incredible pieces of history in my opinion.