Exciting Otis High Speed Tower Elevators at the UT Austin Main Building Tower with JimLiElevators

Here are the really nice, vintage, high speed Otis Gearless Traction Tower Elevators at the historic UT Austin Building with JimLiElevators, and this is certainly one of the best tower tours I've ever been on, since we got to do an in-depth ride of the elevators, outstanding view from the observation deck, and even have some control of the elevators. A big thank you to Andrew Reams and the amazing Tower Tour staff on Friday July 8th.

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wow those elevators are fast.

[@CenTexElevators489]

These were originally from the mid-1930's (around 1935-1936), and were then modernized 45 years later in the early-1980's (around 1980-1981).

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Indeed they are, and at 600 FPM, these are the fastest elevators at UT Austin.

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Call station on 27 is a Westinghouse.

[@thefrenchelevatorchannel]

Very cool ! What year are these from ?