Salem Bottom Drive Winding Drum Traction Elevator (Trap Door/Sidewalk Elevator) AMAZING!

Here it is, the elevator you have been waiting for. This is BY FAR the most awesome elevator I have EVER ridden. A BIG thanks to the building owner for letting me film this! This is definitely a historic conveyance.
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[@blakerobison4686]

I love sidewalk elevators and it blends in with the carpet,cool.

[@g-Elevators675]

Nice and unique elevator. I like the “sidewalk elevator” feature. The motor (winding drum) is very high pitched.

[@DieselDucy]

It was awesome

[@airplanegod]

That is awesome! And I love the customers' reactions, lol.

[@jordandiefe]

Lol, I've been subscribed for quite a while. This is one of the first videos in my watch later playlist. It's unbelievable how long you've been doing youtube videos for so long yet don't have 100k subs. I hope you'll get there soon.

[@DieselDucy]

I’m almost there 😀

[@RandomFishVR]

@@DieselDucy100k congrats

[@bellringer22]

​@@DieselDucyis that elevator actually still there

[@alpaljl]

This thing is just awesome! Very, very rare!

[@Techmatt167Official]

when i first saw this video i thought it was another amazing elevator but it was the underworld elevator with a cab view!

[@SnakeEater9920]

That was a great elevator. So rare. And It's great to see these still in action.

[@thor3d29]

Most of the Trap Door/Sidewalk Elevator is seen on TV but not anymore

[@hyvahyva]

The worst form of surprise would befall a person who puts the wheelie chair on top of that hatch when it ascends. :D

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

EPIC Elevator y'all with EPIC MOTOR Y'ALL

[@aretiredyoutubechannel964]

Absolutely amazing!

[@Cmbgo98]

I thought it would go up to a storage room so it surprised me to see it end behind the counter of the store.

[@Krissinator]

That is amazing!

[@roblox_fan_elevator6367]

Make more of these videos it is amazing how you filmed it. I want another sidewalk elevator not just one I want more so this is my request

[@DieselDucy]

I hope to find another one.

[@garfieldandfriends1]

Is sidewalk elevator a old thing? It look like the future to me.

[@Ih8kone]

Yes

[@TechNerdNolan]

Please go back to this!

[@ElevatorsInternational]

I like how the doors open and close at 1

[@elev8m8]

AWESOME

[@Ih8kone]

Elevate Mate - NationalElevator Originals Wonkavator

[@creekbandit]

Ok, cooler than expected.

[@PREZYDENTSport]

Really good!

[@retroolschool]

Wow! Thats really something!

[@Ih8kone]

Agreed.

[@itzik200]

Awesome !

[@SamSitar]

wow this one looks fun.

[@ElevatorsInternational]

Nice cool epic historic

[@M72_Transit_And_More]

This elevator is Cool!

[@Techmatt167Official]

what if there is a person standing there are there sensor's that keep the elevator from comming up?

[@Ih8kone]

Techmatt167 Of course.

[@Geno2733]

I used one of these before in downtown Pittsburgh. Had to unload several boxes into the basement of one of the hotels (Renaissance Hotel, I think), and then into ANOTHER elevator to go to one of the ballrooms on one of the highest floor. I think I was there for a good 4 hours by the time I was done moving it all.

[@EWPA14]

Apparently there are 2 of these sidewalk lifts at the Renaissance.

[@ItzDaGMan]

The Imperial Music Center in South River, NJ has a sidewalk elevator just like this.

[@crackerms0100]

@dieselducy Who do you drive truck for?

[@jeancole6972]

cool another old elavater this is so cool do you know if there any elavaters like that in new brunswick?

[@nicholasfreitag8666]

woah. how old is it?

[@dlarson753]

Once or twice is really enough, but someone thinks 10 times is better

[@IDontKnow-pf6en]

interesting! the back of the counter was so messy though, i was having agita for them. looks like they have cool fabrics though, and i wonder if they still use that elevator to move stuff. did you ask at all?

[@TheTheo58]

I'm curious about the dual description Bottom Winding Drum Traction Elevator" as Winding Drum and Traction Elevators are different. Winding drum machine, cables are wrapped around the drum from the elevator car and counterweight up to the sheaves top of the shaft. Traction machines the hoist cables are held by friction in the groves of the driven sheave with the elevator cab and counterweight attached to the cables. This applies to basement, overhead and MRL traction machines.

[@thecooldude9999]

I'm assuming this elevator was once used to move large amounts of cash to the basement/vault. cool.

[@sergeysidorov7636]

thecooldude9999 be

[@behindgreeneyes3480]

A

[@thecooldude9999]

@@behindgreeneyes3480 B

[@Yoshida2010]

@@thecooldude9999 C

[@SamSitar]

unusual location for an elevator. mostly they are in larger rooms.

[@NovioSites]

Amazing...

[@danefilander6306]

Very interesting elevator.

[@DieselDucy]

It was epic

[@jonathangarcia9617]

Nice video of the day.❤🎉.

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@NathanDavisVideos]

How old is this thing and place?

[@elevatormuseum9616]

Wow awesome motor

[@EyrthWyrmJym]

This the first MRL Traction elevator, invented by SALEM, NOT KONE! :D

[@Ih8kone]

I couldn't agree more.

[@RailVideosNI]

Awesome

[@AxelYvnNewYork2K10]

Why it’s Drum It’s Made of Drum In This Elevator Instrument

[@Bombiedude.]

When this was a bank I bet burglers wouldve had a hard time even just finding the vault because it was accessed by this elevator which is also really well hidden

[@DieselDucy]

the vault was in the basement.

[@AppLandon]

The people look like they dont know about that elevator and think he came from the floor.

[@uniteddrones7626]

I’d love to own this elevator because that elevator looks identical to the Titanic’s door type anyway

[@olivereltoro]

cool elevator

[@TheOtisdover]

Intresting elevator

[@ChrisNicholas1]

Yeah. Like a Willy Wonka elevator? 7:27

[@ChrisNicholas1]

Or should I say Wonkavator?

[@Ih8kone]

That's right!

[@jacksonslaterelevatorraila6444]

Is this gone

[@DieselDucy]

The building is unoccupied now.

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

So loud

[@LB-td4sn]

what is the speed?

[@kimkapetanakos8801]

Brand spanking new 2017 video

[@Ih8kone]

Do a retake!

[@JakobDaweson]

Yeah

[@papayabba]

that is future!

[@HienNguyen-rx6mu]

This elevator serves: Level B1 and Level 1

[@Ih8kone]

Hien Nguyen Ground and Basement

[@TechNerdNolan]

So cool I did not know that. Bruh

[@missourielevators9252]

The only reason why I would visit this store is to ride the elevator.

[@Ih8kone]

MissouriElevators It's a Wonkavator

[@TexasRailfan2008]

i would break into the bank to ride that

[@craigs3183]

That loud buzzing noise is the motor control relay box.

[@jonathanobando7041]

$9$

[@airplane190]

that is neat

[@SchindlerHaughton]

Very cool elevator. how old is it?

[@Ih8kone]

55 years old.

[@missourielevators9252]

They stopped making these old elevators a long time ago. I wish they still made them

[@jeremiahsimpkins5943]

hey u never know the Hotel that I stayed in when I on my music trip it had a winding drum

[@Ih8kone]

Why were they discontinued?!.

[@missourielevators9252]

Dante M they just stopped making them and replaced them with all modern stuff

[@Ih8kone]

That's ridiculous!!!

[@missourielevators9252]

Dante M there's nothing we can do. They don't make stuff like this anymore.

[@brandonsa14sa1]

Cool

[@brandonsa14sa1]

Good

[@Bombiedude.]

I even think this is still there because it would be really hard to modernise something like this

[@DieselDucy]

The building is for sale now.

[@user-pw6wq5nq2h]

Epic motor

[@rydillo]

Wish you explained more about how these actually work.

[@leostechnikkanal]

It need an lightbulb!

[@Ih8kone]

And a phone

[@coondogtheman]

Why is the motor so loud? If that's even the motor making that loud buzzing sound.

[@missourielevators9252]

That was the drum making that noise.

[@coondogtheman]

dominic arnone No I mean the AC buzzing noise. Some type of safety interlock being held open?

[@missourielevators9252]

coondogtheman1234 it was making that same noise when the elevator was going up and down

[@Ih8kone]

The Cotton Gin is now closed :(

[@joaquinfernandesferreira2593]

3:44 Sorry for the shakes I doing this one-handed

[@DieselDucy]

Yep lol.

[@Ih8kone]

There used to be a door on the ground floor (surface).

[@force311999]

you can see the cut outs for the hinges from a gate that would match the railing on the right at about 6:38

[@TPNWR10]

UP DOWN

[@GOWUZO]

I was there one month ago

[@DieselDucy]

Are you from Roanoke?

[@ElevatorsInternational]

Bottom drive traction

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

(02:11) An emergency vehicle flying off a hill down the street.

[@danielbelisle2817]

hate to be standing in that spot!

[@DieselDucy]

LOL

[@jayaluckchimanoharan7454]

B Flat Pitch

[@DieselDucy]

Cool

[@bcab6218]

Now ThyssenKrupp.

[@lsenghkawn]

Hydros bottom drive

[@Ih8kone]

Wonkavator

[@rajeshjani6287]

Motor is loud

[@Ih8kone]

agreed. it could use a muffler.

[@tobeysze641]

Dante Trainmaster Motor is epic. Muffler aren't that needed.

[@mattmoreira210]

Not the motor, I don't think. It's the brake coil. Since it -- for economical reasons -- has to be fed from AC, instead of DC, it tends to vibrate at the line frequency. And yes, it's quite loud as a result. Please note that, at the time this elevator had been installed, there was no cheap way of obtaining DC (direct current) from the AC (alternate current) mains. This could be accomplished in three ways: 1. Selenium Rectifiers -- weren't available for such high power demands; 2. Mercury Arc Rectifiers -- were too oversized for that purpose, cost only justified in electric locomotives and heavy industrial applications; 3. Motor-Generator sets -- too bulky, inneficient, noisy and expensive. Had high maintenance costs and produced carbon dust, due to brush wear. The solution was to use a shunt winding in the brake coil, which induced a phase shift in the brake coil and allowed it to operate directly from AC, with the added benefit of smaller windings, due to high inductive reactance.

[@boiii3productions945]

If your upstairs then your fine but if your downstairs you may need to cover your ears

[@hugginmama]

Matthewwhitten

[@ryanknight9928]

It is pronounced de bolt my pop worked for them

[@alexleo172]

B1,1

[@thischannelisnolongerinuse2707]

I have a bucket elevator for my cat Samantha

[@ErisaMyBeloved]

R.I.P headphone users

[@ElevatingEurope]

Lol

[@joshadharding4851]

lol

[@jeangemayel3134]

5, and a

[@nataschadeckers9188]

66.

[@wheresmyhotpocket]

9

[@Ih8kone]

It needs a phone.

[@LoganSink]

You pronounced diebold wrong

[@curtisstephens775]

@pooppantsli go post your comments on another forum or I will report you. There is no need for insults

[@ZPaul2Fresh8]

,mkkm

[@gvtexasoldaccount9769]

Really loud.

[@seanjuth]

@2:34 WTF 🤔😑

[@mike4ty4]

@pooppantsli And you just spouting insults all over this forum is OK?

[@joshadharding4851]

I love is elevator but the motor sucks

[@icaroracco]

+Joshad Harding I love this elevator because the motor is interasting

[@PREZYDENTSport]

Wash your dirty fingers