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Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery 137 East Houston Street New York City, New York, U.S.A. (1 of 2)
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Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery 137 East Houston Street New York City, New York, U.S.A. (1 of 2)
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All loaded up and ready to travel...are you hungry yet?! (2 of 2)
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A monastery in Greece
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The remnants of a hand dumbwaiter at Guys Cliffe House in Warwickshire, United Kingdom (1 of 2)
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Another view of the hand dumbwaiter at Guys Cliffe House in Warwickshire, United Kingdom (2 of 2)
View the larger image - it appears that the "drive" sheave just barely fits...
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This looks pretty safe...doesn't it?!
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...and so does this!
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If you have a tree house...you need one of these! (1 of 2)
See the tree on the left and the dumbwaiter next to the bookshelf...
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Another view...
...apparently the floor swings down to open up the hoistway for passage of the "dumbwaiter". (2 of 2)
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Or perhaps the economy tree house "dumbwaiter" is more to your liking... (1 of 2)
dual buckets (only one bucket shown - for simplicity)
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A close-up of the car...their leakproof model! (2 of 2)
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I'm not sure if this is a dumbwaiter but I like the picture so...it's a dumbwaiter
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A beautiful hand dumbwaiter installed at the
Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, U.S.A. (1 of 5)
Is that a "special" dumbwaiter knot in that rope?
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A slightly different view... (2 of 5)
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There are, of course, two ropes involved in that knot...
the counterweight rope and the hand-rope (3 of 5)
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A close-up of the overhead sheaves... (4 of 5)
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Herbie says these are landing doors for another dumbwaiter in the same home... (5 of 5)
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You just know this was put together in someone's garage (1 of 6)
At the top landing...
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...at the bottom landing (2 of 6)
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There is a "guard" at the top landing... (3 of 6)
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The counterweight... (4 of 6)
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Looking up the hoistway... (5 of 6)
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Looking down on the car... (6 of 6)
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Somewhere in Brazil...
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Gears and a wooden guide...
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Looking up at the bottom of a hand dumbwaiter car...
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Dumbwaiter in the admiral's quarters on the USS North Carolina...
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Quite a door on this unit...
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Devil in the dumbwaiter...
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