(6-1-18) Today, we check out this beautiful, historic hand operated elevator! Please note that this is in a PRIVATE building and this tour was arranged.
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@ericferguson685 жыл бұрын
I think this solves a mystery for me. Sometime around 1972, when I was about 4 years old, my mother took me to a furniture store in Steubenville, Ohio. She was looking for something specific (I have no memory of what it was), and they didn't have what she wanted. The salesman (presumably working on commission), said, "We just might have something in the warehouse upstairs." He took us over to an elevator and we got in. There was a rope running right through the middle of the elevator. He gave the rope a jerk and the elevator moved on its own up to the second floor (with the rope moving rapidly downward through the elevator). I was amazed by the whole thing, but I didn't mention this to anyone due to the fact that at 4 years old I was still encountering new and amazing things often and the adults could be quite condescending whenever I mentioned wonder or astonishment.. This is the one thing I encountered as a small child that I have never seen again, and I have wondered for the last 47 years (or so) how the thing worked. Even at 4 years old I could tell this thing looked old and didn't seem to involve electricity because he just gave the rope a jerk and didn't flip a switch or push a button. This video probably explains it: Because it was a freight elevator, the counterweight was heavier than the weight of the salesman, my mom, and me. This caused us to be raised without any effort. The jerk on the rope probably released the brake. I think we came down the stairs and not on the elevator. This would be because the elevator was now stuck at the top and would need to be lowered again with effort (or maybe by loading a bunch of heavy furniture that needed to come down anyway). I still have no idea why it was designed with the rope running right through the middle of the elevator, and there was only the one rope not 2, so, it couldn't have been the same exact design as this and I will continue looking for a better example.
@juancarlosmontes2 жыл бұрын
You have a memory like mine. Cool story.
@Romy--- Жыл бұрын
@@juancarlosmontes That, or it's just because we remember things that made a big impression on us for whatever reason, so it sticks with us.
@Romy--- Жыл бұрын
What about this one? kzfaq.infoRyMN7KVO0HA
@jimstevens17263 жыл бұрын
I rode one of these in the 1970s. It was in a pipe organ factory. I'll never forget it!
@stlelevators3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@richardmills1505 Жыл бұрын
That is the coolest and oldest elevator I have ever seen in my life! Absolutely awesome video! 👍
@aidenmiddleton6 жыл бұрын
That's really cool!
@DerelictDoug6 жыл бұрын
This is too cool for words ✌️💙
@tsicby3 жыл бұрын
I'm installing a dumbwaiter version of this system in my new house build. They actually still make these for dumbwaiters and commercial cargo lifts. I plan to use an open mount at the top so the beautiful pulley system is exposed in the room. House has an industrial farmhouse design so it will look great and it's a split level design with 3 levels so really needs a dumbwaiter.
@stlelevators3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@03kanchan Жыл бұрын
Please post the video of it to see the mechanical marvels🙏🪔🇮🇳
@richieselevators6 жыл бұрын
this is 10000 likes worth - at least... great find
@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL6 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!
@tristanberecz8024Ай бұрын
dam i love that's old school
@Jowevator32196 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!
@thesherlockhound6 жыл бұрын
That's so cool
@matthewtsai48473 жыл бұрын
This is insanely cool!
@stlelevators3 жыл бұрын
I thought so too!
@susquehannavalleyelevators6 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool
@dennismanbook6 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@Mustafism-me9qk2 жыл бұрын
I made a servant hand made rope elevator and I love it
@LDTV22OfficialChannel Жыл бұрын
I have never seen a manual elevator as new as this
@stlelevators Жыл бұрын
as new?
@LDTV22OfficialChannel Жыл бұрын
@@stlelevators Usually the rope powered elevators stopped being made in the 1890s
@kyleruggaber17203 жыл бұрын
Soooo, this video was super awesome but did I spot a Klansman’s hood in the upper right corner at 3:14 or have my eyes deceived me?!
@stlelevators3 жыл бұрын
omg that's funny. I don't think that's what it is xD
@tkefan296 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to tell my frirnd Sidney about this
@tysonclarke0122 жыл бұрын
I have one of these. Trying to figure out what's wrong with the counter weight
@stlelevators2 жыл бұрын
What’s happening with it?
@tysonclarke0122 жыл бұрын
@@stlelevators I let one of my tenants use it, and now it's very difficult to move and it won't brake effectively. I've gone up and checked the brake, but it's fine. I suspect the counter weight is not attached.
@stlelevators2 жыл бұрын
That's possible. Are you able to check and verify the connection?
@tysonclarke0122 жыл бұрын
@@stlelevators I think I've got to rip off a bunch of wood to get at the weights.
@tysonclarke0122 жыл бұрын
@@stlelevators Here's what I found : kzfaq.infohYO3uXKuflg?feature=share
@albert38016 жыл бұрын
wow!
@Bombiedude.Ай бұрын
Thats funny even though this is meant to be kind of a gravity powered elevator the counterweight only barely does half of the work the weight of whatever you load it with and whatever muscles the operator has does the other half
@stlelevatorsАй бұрын
Yep
@boiii3productions9452 жыл бұрын
this is what I call a “man powered elevator” Not unlike many youtubers who use that term to refer to stairways