Machine Room Tour! OTIS manually controlled fast traction elevator @ State Bank, La Crosse, WI

[@dieselshadow]

Cool piece of history there. That Otis emblem on the floor is probably covering up the wind-up safety system. Once the safety trips, it has to be manually wound back up with a key.

[@matzeknoob3688]

Wonderful Elevator! And a wonderful man who lets you see the machine room.

[@kansasthunderman1]

Great to see one of those antiques are still up and running like they were a 100 years ago.

[@RichardNickels-ot6iq]

Very Cool

[@TheTheo58]

Great Video! The elevator cab looks brand spanking new. The machine room is good condition, controller relays function very smoothly, little or no arcing. Geared traction machine 1:1 roping smooth starts/stops. The MG set appears to be running smoothly, no excessive level of noise. Secondary disconnect for the controller/AC motor of MG set.

[@daviddunbar5754]

I remember as a 12 year old being allowed to manually control the scenic lift at Marsden Grotto in the UK. I'm sure at an earlier age I was allowed to control the lift in the North Tower of the Tyne bridge. The benefit of being the son of a lift engineer!

[@mrkeopele]

that whining noise was the MG set motor/generator that supplies DC voltage to run the DC motors, more controllable at the time, great memories for me to go from " solid slate to solid state" controls in my career

[@pony053]

what a grand ole gal!. and a noisy commutator. Gotta love a flyball governor. Thanks for the memory

[@jarrodemery4631]

These had a sound all there own. We had a job with 4 in it. Ripped out 2005.

[@dirkmaronn]

Eine wunderbare Anlage. Sowas kann man eben nur mit einer Gleichstrom-Maschine machen.

[@theultimatetowerofterrorre301]

"Kind of dangerous, but we can..." Music to my ears.

[@caroleast9636]

The circular panel in the floor probably is for releasing a “wedge clamp safety”. This early type of safety gear needed winding back out as the car was lifted.

[@ElevatorExploration]

WOW!!! Nice video and beautiful machine room, awesome elevator.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Amazing elevator, amazing video (I must have missed it first time around). Wonder when the generator shuts down.

[@Max-9632]

This old elevator is epic

[@technodude]

That elevator is much faster than any elevator in today’s current age

[@marktomlinson3448]

No, it's not.

[@musiclabmn]

Now this is incredible.. seems way overbuilt for such a small building, but that's how they did it back then.

[@zagaomaster]

I loved seeing the machine room

[@upanddownadventures]

This building was built in 1885-86. This elevator appears to have either been added on, replaced, or modernized a long time ago. This elevator has sadly since been modernized and is no longer gated.

[@HeritageElevators]

Darn it, that is so sad to hear.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

So out of curiosity, if you overshoot the top floor or the basement does the elevator stop on its own or can you run into the buffers?

[@HeritageElevators]

The elevators stops on its own via the final switches

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@HeritageElevators thanks

[@jameswest8280]

I like how it overruns the landing, then reverses to level out.

[@b43xoit]

That was a person who did that.

[@IZAQ_]

Could you (After corona) do a tour of the elevators onboard the silja galaxy.

[@alessandrovisconi1079]

It looks so elegant to be a machine room

[@jacksonslaterelevatorraila6444]

why does it look so different then the one in the pic hanging in the car ?

[@Voucher765]

This elevator was originally a birdcage type when installed in 1912 but during the 1920s was upgraded and enclosed.

[@251Aloha]

wow verry nice elevator.

[@flushometer19_8]

Anybody been to northwest Canada AKA territories??

[@DandyDon1]

Is it the AVC/AGC gain on the camera's microphone, or is that motor generator set really that noisy?

[@pawelkrywult]

Masterpiece

[@Andrea-gr3cu]

Che spettacolo!

[@vica862]

I drove this on operators lunchtime also drove it before they put the gate on been under it rode on top of it. Did this For 10 years

[@ОлександраЛукянчук-т3в]

That feeling when I'd prefer to take that elevator rather than walking that steep stairs

[@GaryBeltz]

What happens if it bottoms out?

[@RodgerMudd]

The operator was a young man when that elevator was put in.

[@vlasakvidea]

This elevator is too fast...

[@TheTheo58]

I noticed it did run fast I thought at 1st it might have been a gear-less traction machine. Where the driven sheave is anchored directly to the armature of the motor, for high rise buildings generally over 22-24 floors. However this elevator has a geared traction which needs a smaller motor, but slower in FPM. I noticed a rectifier board in the controller which is likely how the slow and fast speed is achieved with the hand crank. Gear-less machines are very rare being installed on low rise buildings with their higher FPM, in which case they have 2:1 roping to slow them down.

[@wernerf.1345]

Furchtbare Kameraführung

[@RodgerMudd]

Motor generator constantly on. Waste of power.

[@Chulduck_Sugar]

Too fast and manually door