First Ride in Europe's Biggest Paternoster Lift [Sheffield Arts Tower]

Tim explores the ups and downs of Sheffield University's infamous Paternoster lift.
The Arts Tower was built in the mid 1960s to accommodate the University's Art department and incorporated a Schindler made 38 car Paternoster lift. It is one of the few surviving examples of a Paternoster left in Europe, and one of even fewer which are still in service.

[@davidperrott5743]

It's called a paternoster lift because it's a bit like a string of rosary beads going through your hand. Paternoster is the Latin for Our Father as in the Lord's Prayer.

[@joinedupjon]

Wonder why it's necessary to shine a bright floodlight in the faces of people who go past the top floor?

[@stevecoatesdotnet]

It will be so you can see, especially if you get stuck there, otherwise it will be pitch black. A light is not needed on the other floors, as there are no doors on the lift and the ambient light lights up the carriage. Oddly there didn't seem to be a light when going round the bottom (though I had my video light on when recording).