Amazing Minnesota Elevator Mod at the Pioneer Endicott Building St Paul MN

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8 жыл бұрын

(7-1-2015) This is an AMAZING modernization done by Minnesota Elevator. The building is awesome as well. These were originally Haughton Elevators and they left the original car switches in the cars for decorative purposes.
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@ElevateMN 8 жыл бұрын

This was the building that started my love of elevators, I was an operator here as my first job out of high school in 1999.. any other questions, feel free to ask.. they were so much fun to ride and operate.

@DieselDucy 8 жыл бұрын

+mschafe132 AWESOME!!!

@Ham549 8 жыл бұрын

was it glass or cage inside?

@ElevateMN 8 жыл бұрын

+Ham549 Actually the cabs look identical (with the glass windows). The biggest change is the automatic doors instead of the sliding gate it had.

@MyDiesel101 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Elevator & Building Andrew! Thank You! By the way I really enjoy your videos. I have a strong interest in older buildings & "Urban Archaeology". Thanks to your videos, I have a growing appreciation, knowledge, and interest for these amazing machines.

@SixSilverStones 2 жыл бұрын

They are so quiet and smooth!

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing!

@elevatorproductionsbymaxpassa 8 жыл бұрын

I think these are very cool elevators at the Pioneer Endicott Building!!!

@sidewinder666666 5 жыл бұрын

I did some office network wiring in that building back in the late 70's. At that time, the elevator operators were still working there. This *may* have been the last building in St. Paul to use operators, and was certainly *one* of the last.

@NationalElevator 8 жыл бұрын

I guess this is an equivalent to the Grace Whittel building in SF

@SamSitar 8 жыл бұрын

they have a card reader. view from the top is excellent. nice piece of history.

@LittleRockElevators 8 жыл бұрын

Great mod

@bigpopparand1 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@TrainmasterCurt 4 жыл бұрын

That spiral staircase is great

@MatthewLindstrom-iq7nu 3 ай бұрын

this is a very amazing elevator

@DieselDucy 2 ай бұрын

I love it

@snargk Жыл бұрын

Reminds me on the elevator scene in bladerunner

@JawTooth 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome elevator. I am releasing an elevator video tomorrow.

@HungryGuyStories 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the rents are in that building?

@Bombiedude. 2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool I noticed the inside button panal was an innovation universal square buttons which is only really common in ikea stores because I never saw these anywhere else I only saw the universal circle buttons

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@andrewmorash9335 8 жыл бұрын

love it

@gabrielasanchezolguin4496 8 жыл бұрын

And they have modern lifts and i love modern things

@Ih8kone 7 жыл бұрын

I like that lantern.

@johnoconnor7918 7 жыл бұрын

Why did you not go down to 1?

@Bombiedude. 2 жыл бұрын

Its a shame that the origanal elevators arent working anymore it would be so epic to see what these looked like when you had to use the hand crank

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

They did a great mod. They are actually the original cabs.

@CenTexElevators489 8 жыл бұрын

Now this is what I call an amazing elevator, and for historic buildings in the 21st Century, it's about time they do quality restorations on nice elevators rather than make them plain. However, the only thing I think they should have done was go with CJ Anderson fixtures instead of Innovation. Also, were 15 and 16 open or closed?

@danielmarreviews3947 8 жыл бұрын

Nice

@PAelevators 8 жыл бұрын

So is the one with the gate are those a still original and if so did u ride them

@LSM_Lover 8 жыл бұрын

+PAelevators I have ben at a mansion with a gated elevator! Really old fixtures! You can watch both videos of it at my KZfaq channel!

@hecking_poptart_olivon_korra 2 жыл бұрын

litterally the only bad minnesota elevator is my old apartment's elevator, now i live in a house

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

I love mei

@johnoconnor7918 8 жыл бұрын

Why did you go with an employee in this video? And are floors 15 and 16 locked? If not, then why did you not go past the 14th floor.

@Bombiedude. 6 ай бұрын

I was wondering what the slight tapping was as the elevator is moving I think thats coming from the ropes for where the counterweight is connected because the ropes tap the glass at times

@DieselDucy 6 ай бұрын

Not sure

@zacharylegaspi7594 7 жыл бұрын

You sound kinda tired in the video Also, does the old one still work?

@jackx.cassway 4 жыл бұрын

Nice lantern

@qeelevators2960 2 жыл бұрын

Do there have MEI machines or something like Torin or imperial electric?

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

I think Holister Whitney.

@carlgags 8 жыл бұрын

I think this is an innovation chime

@Ih8kone 5 жыл бұрын

Do a retake PLEASE!

@BJMediaTransit8516 8 жыл бұрын

I Have Been In A Minnesota Elevator!

@missourielevators9252 7 жыл бұрын

I've been on a Minnesota freight elevator and that's it

@amajeshaw1157 8 жыл бұрын

Can you try to do an elevaTOUR of the Capella Tower in Minneapolis MN? and the us bank stadium when its done?

@amajeshaw1157 8 жыл бұрын

I will Subscribe if you do this.

@Dana_Danarosana 6 жыл бұрын

US Bank Stadium... I bet he'd consider it IF he happens to be in town and you fork out the $209 MINIMUM for a Vikings footsie ball ticket... lol

@alec4672 5 жыл бұрын

WHAT ARE THOSE LIGHTS CALLED? The lights on the outside that tell you when the car has arrived.

@Ih8kone 2 жыл бұрын

Hall Lanterns

@alec4672 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ih8kone Google lantern, come back and tell me that's what pops up.

@GaryBeltz 8 жыл бұрын

Are these an Otis mod? The floor passing chime sounds like pre series 5 but the directional chime is unique.

@CenTexElevators489 8 жыл бұрын

If you look at the manual car switch, it used to be a Haughton.

@GaryBeltz 8 жыл бұрын

I was referring to the modernization.

@Dana_Danarosana 6 жыл бұрын

Gary Beltz Minnesota Elevator did the mod. It's in the title, there's a graphic right in the beginning of the video, and that's Steve from Minnesota Elevator giving the tour.

@DieselElevators 8 жыл бұрын

Gonna have video of the old ones?

@BostonElevatorDude 8 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt it

@Ham549 8 жыл бұрын

It looks like they modernised two and kept the other two original.

@muffij2350 6 жыл бұрын

DieselElevators .l.l

@nishitpatel9657 6 жыл бұрын

DieselElevators

@nishitpatel9657 6 жыл бұрын

@williamscoufaras7045 7 жыл бұрын

The elevator skipped the 3rd floor despite the 3rd floor button being pressed

@WestCoastElevators 8 жыл бұрын

Not a bad mod at all, but it is still a shame to see vintage manually controlled Haughtons modernized. Hopefully the two that were left unmodernized are still functional!

@jonathancreveling5658 2 жыл бұрын

Did this use to be a hotel?

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

I am not sure.

@ryanpatrick8806 8 жыл бұрын

it used to be an hotel

@Ham549 8 жыл бұрын

You should have filmed the unmodified one.

@calvinkulit 8 жыл бұрын

Old one is not working.

@Bombiedude. 2 жыл бұрын

I bet the old elevators are either completly defunct or more likely theyre just turned off in favor of the modern automatic elevators

@DieselDucy 2 жыл бұрын

They still run.

@Dana_Danarosana 8 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... I was under the impression they were going to leave these original. The mod is beautiful, though...

@gabrielasanchezolguin4496 8 жыл бұрын

KONE are a company of lifts

@selinflimleri6256 8 жыл бұрын

😃

@upanddownadventures 6 жыл бұрын

From my research, I think these elevators may have been water hydraulic when they were installed.

@gabrielasanchezolguin4496 8 жыл бұрын

Please diselducy dont record old elevators and never record a OTIS lift record only KONE lifts and escalators

@WaygoodOtis 8 жыл бұрын

+Gabriela Sánchez Olguín One comment is not going to make in only film what you want

@Gosh_Josh 8 жыл бұрын

kone is sh!T old elevators are cool

@watchmakerful 8 жыл бұрын

+Gabriela Sánchez Olguín WTF???

@WaygoodOtis 8 жыл бұрын

***** They are Not "Shit" its just that Kone USA does not build as good as other countries

@Gosh_Josh 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder why