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

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]

I appreciate people like that who preserve stuff of this nature

[@iwantthe80sback59]

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

[@vancouverelevators_transit]

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

[@leftside7062]

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

[@bryannasir243]

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[@jensendamon2408]

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[@TheTheo58]

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.

[@ECFE]

They should try to put that thing back in service!

[@evana6425]

Agreed

[@evana6425]

Any historic elevator should be running. Elevators back then had good quality. They are also my favorite

[@TheTheo58]

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]

Tampa Bay, Florida

[@robert3302]

Tampa Bay Area.

[@donaldcoventry2911]

That's awesome!!!

[@jonathancreveling8699]

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.

[@charyananthoju7006]

gurge just got a+

[@ABerCul]

Why would they cover that

[@boiii3productions945]

Bottom drive traction elevator

[@TheTheo58]

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.

[@br5495]

Is that the elevator Biden used to come out of the basement?

[@ArmandoMartinez-nw5tx]

Lmao who hurt you?