Electric Elevators
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Jerry Follen informs me that this is an O. Thompson controller...
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Controller for one of the Golden Gate Bridge geared elevators...
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This is the controller for this machine...
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Close-up of the UP & DOWN mercury relays on the controller for this machine...
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An Otis controller...
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An Otis controller - one of the relays looks out of place...
Looks like some arcing and sparking took place just below the "S" relay!
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An Otis Elevator controller on display at the London Transport Museum...
Image provided by: Patrick MaGroen
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Have you ever seen contacts this large spaced so closely together...
could all seven of these contacts be at the same potential or in the same circuit?
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Where is the proper working clearance...this could be a modernization job.
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An Armor controller...
Image provided by: Chris Williams
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Close-up of Armor controller...
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A rear view of an Otis controller...
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A front view of an Otis controller...
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A front view of an Otis dispatching/group controller...
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A front view of an old Otis private residence elevator controller...
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A front view of a very old Otis controller equipped with wooden knobs...
Are the wooden knobs used to manually manipulate the controller to move the car up and down?
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A United States Elevator Company controller...
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The derelict David Whitney Building - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
I think they are Otis controllers...
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Derelict Falstaff Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
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A Montgomery controller...
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An old controller in an old hotel in Japan - see the machine here...
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Jerry Follen informs me that this is probably a K.M. White controller...
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Another Otis...
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A controller in the Royal Connaught Hotel - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Please note the two types of safety wrenches (for releasing the car
safeties through the hole in the car floor) in the background.
Image provided by: Fred Small
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Downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Controllers in the Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.A.
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Another view...
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