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I don't see any counterweight rails...
could the counterweight travel up and down around those 4 ropes on the backside of the car?
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Is this an electric or a hydraulic elevator?
I don't see any ropes or counterweights - Dublin, Ireland
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The derelict Bennett School - Hudson Valley, New York, U.S.A.
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The elevator in the Hotel Le Bristol - Paris, France
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I don't see any counterweight guides or ropes...is the weight in a separate hoistway?
The car appears to have four suspension ropes...
An elevator in a youth hostel - Prague, Czech Republic
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How would you have liked to lay out the rails for this job? (1 of 2)
I guess they needed to avoid something!
Rathaus (city hall) - Hannover, Germany
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Another look at the "curved" rails (2 of 2)
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A derelict elevator in...
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The suspension ropes have been removed - Fisher Body Plant - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
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While modernizing the metro system in the town of Lausanne, Switzerland, a
series of tunnels channeling the river the town was built over were uncovered.
The plan was to have the elevator hoistways extend deeper underground.
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A derelict freight elevator
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The hoistway enclosure is almost completely missing
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This is quite a hoistway...is it a small freight car or a dumbwaiter?
The car and the counterweight seem to share the same guide rails.
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A passenger elevator in the Hotel del Coronado - San Diego, California, U.S.A.
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Could these be wooden rails?
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A hostel in Paris, France
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This appears to be a hand-powered freight elevator in what used
to be a fur trading establishment - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1 of 2)
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This elevator has wooden guide rails.
This appears to be a hand-powered freight elevator in what used
to be a fur trading establishment - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2 of 2)
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I think we are looking up this hoistway...or are we?
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Another old installation with wire rope counterweight guides - Hotel Luna - Cairo, Egypt
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Looking down on the car top it appears that this elevator has
round guide rails for both the car and counterweight
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A hostel in Praha, Czech Republic
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Wooden guides on this derelict freight car and the suspension ropes have been removed as well.
Please note that the upper gate is quite short due to the lack of overhead space.
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A lot of wood on this car...including the guides
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A radiator in the hoistway plus...
the counterweight has six compensating ropes (two sets - each with three ropes)
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A warehouse freight elevator - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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A relatively small freight elevator at the derelict Falstaff brewery - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. (1 of 2)
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Another corner-post installation - Falstaff brewery - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. (2 of 2)
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A possible overhead winding-drum machine - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
If you look at the ropes entering the floor over the hoistway there are two sets of two ropes each.
If you look at the ropes exiting the floor over the counterweight there are only two. Where are the other two...
on the winding-drum perhaps?! Also...it appears we have wooden guide rails as well.
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