BEAUTIFUL Historic Otis Manually Controlled Traction Elevator from 1912!!!! :D :D

Video Recorded on July 3, 2021: To celebrate America's 245th birthday, I can't think of anything that is truly American made than this amazing, gorgeous piece of machinery! An old vintage manually controlled Otis elevator at the Buckstaff Bathhouse in Hot Springs, AR. I want to say a HUGE HUGE THANKS to the amazing staff for not only letting me ride and film this piece of beauty, but also to the operator for letting me control the elevator as well as helping me with the camera!!!! Look how well I did with the leveling. Other than that, I hope you enjoy this video and Happy Fourth Of July! :D Installed in 1912.
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[@Lj7do]

Its vintage and old cool elevator

[@jdrailfan5424]

Awesome find!

[@hotelfan9936]

very nice find, such a beauty!:)

[@Elevatorman2005]

Awesome elevator!

[@madhopstimmy]

Hot springs Arkansas 🔥🔥

[@JimLiElevators]

Awesome! You commented on this. Anyway, I hope you’re doing well and I can’t wait to see you this Sunday! :D

[@ARelevators]

i’ve been on this many times before this is an amazing elevator

[@JimLiElevators]

I think this was the same lady that I saw in your video?

[@coreysmith8560]

This was awesome. Hot Springs seems to have a lot of history. They have a mountain tower.

[@JimLiElevators]

Yes, Hot Springs is a historic town. I went to Mountain Tower as well. They got 1982 Westinghouse traction elevators.

[@coreysmith8560]

@@JimLiElevators I been there. I never filmed the elevators but filmed the top of the towers. I got a video on my channel.

[@KyOnBreak]

Nice

[@TheTheo58]

A very nice vintage manually operated elevator. It is a basement traction or winding drum? The latter were more common during the era. It levels quite well starts/stops I did not hear an MG running however I am thinking it's a DC motor maybe a DC rectifier

[@tythe06animatoralt]

Very impressive. I’d never thought I’d see that in 2021.

[@JimLiElevators]

This is my first time I ever seen you comment on my videos! Definitely one of my all-tome favorite elevators I have ever been on in my whole entire life. :D

[@Carman1744]

Neat vintage elevator.

[@baelevatorsmore728]

I’ve been to hot springs before! I went to the bath house museum as well as the tower overlook. All were quite amazing. However, the bath house elevator was modernized and is now automatic. (Or at least the one I rode). An amazing find indeed! Happy Fourth of July weekend and I hope you are doing well.

[@JimLiElevators]

I Think you are referring to the Fordyce Bathhouse. They at least left most of the original equipment on there.

[@baelevatorsmore728]

@JimLiElevators It’s been a while since I went there but that sounds accurate. I do remember getting to walk through and see all of the old bath house stuff. It was super cool but the electrotherapy part sorta gave me the creeps.

[@baelevatorsmore728]

I think I’ll go back there again at some point. We meant to explore for a while last time we were there but it ended up raining and the trip was cut short

[@intercomfanJB]

Nice!

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΟΔΑΣ-μ4τ]

this thing is vintage