1908 GURNEY ELEVATOR up/down lever, controlled
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ย. 2024
- 1908 GURNEY ELEVATOR
part 1 capacity of 6,000 lbs. It is a freight elevator
up/down lever, controlled
thank you for watching
if you going to be in New York City area in Brooklyn
just let me know I will give you a quick tour to the elevator motor room
She's a beauty! Man, people back then were BRILLIANT! And this stuff is still relevant and modern today! If it weren't, it would have been scrapped many years ago. Thank God that people keep this beautiful old machinery in service daily, and maintain it! I love old electrical stuff! Knob & Tube wiring, old motors, old electrical panels, elevators, you name it. I also collect light bulbs and and big time into early fluorescent lights! I have a 1938 Garfield fluorescent desk lamp, with a "Thermal Auxiliary" ballast made by GE for Garfield, and was made DAYS after the first fluorescents were put on the market in 1938! It still works great, and is a pretty rare piece of lighting history. I always try to get old stuff in full operational condition, and do displays at The Edison Tech Center in Schenectady, NY. I live in Schaghticoke, NY. I use a wheelchair, but still will "stair bump" up or down steps using a rope to get my chair up behind me or down ahead of me as needed, in an old abandoned industrial building in order to get my hands on electrical antiques! I won't pass up early plumbing stuff, either, like high tank toilets--my favorite of these old fixtures! If it's up high and I can't reach it because I can't stand or climb a ladder, I'll either rig a tool to get it (like taking down chain-hung preheat fluorescents from the early 1940's with a 2x4 with a hook on the end to unhook chains and also lower the fixtures down by hooking the second chain! I also used it to pull the plugs out of the ceiling outlets (thank God they were cord-supplied!) I was told I am "crazy" because if a fixture fell down on me, it might kill or severely injure me, maybe so, but those old "gals" who gave such loyal service since world war 2, just COULDN'T be allowed to perish in such an awful and disrespectful way (building being torn down), and I was told I could have all I want if I can get em! I used to do building wrecking with my dad, so I know abandoned buildings like the back of my hand--only difference, I go into them in a chair now! Those old gals had ALL original ballasts, a couple of ORIGINAL MAZDA brand (GE) fluorescent tubes, as well as scores of vintage lamps by Westinghouse, ITT, Champion, GE, Sylvania, Amplex, etc, many from the late 1940's thru the late 1970's! And many of the original, steel can, WW2 vintage starters were in place and functional! The maintenance people replaced ONLY what NEEDED to be replaced. That insured alot of original and vintage replacement parts, and not ONE ballast ever failed in all those years of long hours of service! In fact, they were clean, leak-free, and the cloth wires were still soft and flexible! Hanging on chains probably helped, as it helped the ballasts dissipate heat and run cool! Many even had original cloth and rubber cords in excellent shape! I can't watch such beautiful old stuff get destroyed! And these are better fixtures by far than anything they make today! Seeing such old stuff still in use means people in the future will get to see it as well, and that's important. Cheers! Rick "C-6" Delair!
Well explained and great video :)
In Polan the voltage in a normal power socket is 230V and high voltage for elevators and others is 500
I will be coming up in 2024
if you going to be in New York City area in Brooklyn
just let me know I will give you a quick tour to the elevator motor room
One of the old mills, it has closed recently though...
is this at macys herald square? i know the broadway building there has gurney
is in Brooklyn INDUSTRY CITY
WHERE IN LOWELL!?
2nd oldest elevator ive ever seen the oldest is in Lowell MA it is really old and has the ropes no doors and otis brakes
Is the building still there, or has it been demolished? Is it a hand (muscle) powered elevator, or is it a power operated elevator? Was it operated by pulling a rope/cable?
Can you post the same video only without the wacky music? Can hardly hear what you're saying!
this is only 230 voltage