Antique Spencer Traction elevator @ Roos Bros. Building - Berkeley, CA

This was a pretty cool unexpected find! I honestly had no clue this elevator was here until recently, it’s tucked in the corner near the entrance so unless you’re really looking it might be easy to miss. This building was designed in 1926 and was originally built as a mall! This is the original elevator to the building with the only upgrades being the fixtures. The cab is really nice and I love the motor. It’s really quick as it goes a very small distance. I love the old CJ Anderson call stations.

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This might have been a freight elevator if it’s only 3 floors and dated from 1926. Could this thing have been manual by any chance?

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It’s definitely always been a passenger, it’s the only elevator in the building. Definitely always was an automatic, Spencer pioneered in automatic elevators.

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