Antique gold-plated elevator hidden behind wall in St. Pete's oldest hotel

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Antique gold-plated elevator hidden behind wall in St. Pete's oldest hotel

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Its brick walls are so much a part of St. Petersburg that its past is often passed over. The Detroit hotel was built in 1888 and 1889, the oldest hotel in the city. Recently, a crew was doing demolition work for a new restaurant when they found a forgotten piece of the hotel -- the first elevator in the Bay Area, and only the second in Florida.
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@ElyseHorvath 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate people like that who preserve stuff of this nature

@iwantthe80sback59 2 жыл бұрын

OMG, I have the worst life long elevator phobia but this is really stunning. What a find, and great piece of history.

@leftside7062 4 жыл бұрын

idk why i am here but i like this types of videos, (im from italy)

@bryannasir243 3 жыл бұрын

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@jensendamon2408 3 жыл бұрын

@Bryan Nasir yea, been watching on flixzone for since december myself :)

@ECFE 3 жыл бұрын

They should try to put that thing back in service!

@TheTheo58 3 жыл бұрын

It is a winding drum elevator very common during this era. Basement installs were typical. Not used in commercial installations anymore, however still with home elevator systems.

@vancouverelevators_transit 3 ай бұрын

Holy moly that elevator is gorgeous. Love it when people preserve this stuff.

@TheTheo58 3 жыл бұрын

There is mention in the description "the first elevator in the Bay Area" was this referring to the SF-Bay Area? I know of an Otis bird cage winding drum elevator in Berkeley, CA near UC Berkeley close to my old job which was installed around 1908 in a four floor office building. In a redevelopment plan for the downtown area, it was mentioned it was one of the oldest elevators in the western U.S. The elevator was manually controlled, I had ridden it a few times. Worked very well. The building is being converted to apartments, however the elevator is being preserved as historic to the building as a landmark.

@mattmurray9018 2 жыл бұрын

Tampa Bay, Florida

@robert3302 2 ай бұрын

Tampa Bay Area.

@jonathancreveling5658 7 ай бұрын

Since Warner Elevator was founded in 1889, it's obvious that the brick section of this former hotel is the part that contains the old elevator.

@donaldcoventry2911 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!!!

@charyananthoju7006 Жыл бұрын

gurge just got a+

@ABerCul 6 ай бұрын

Why would they cover that

@boiii3productions945 5 ай бұрын

Bottom drive traction elevator

@TheTheo58 2 ай бұрын

These winding drums worked on the same principal as a traction machine, expect the latter has a fixed driven sheave and deflector sheave. Whereby the drum wound up the cable splaying from the back and front with a sliding/traveling defector sheave on the counterweight side.