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You can see a side emergency exit on this car and there will be a matching exit on
the adjacent car. These exits are now prohibited by ASME A17.1 and CSA B44.
See - 2.14.1.10 Side Emergency Exits. Side emergency exits are prohibited.
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An "evacuation bridge"...which I'm sure we have all seen in action!
Image "borrowed" from: ASME A17.4-1991
Guide For Emergency Evacuation Of Passengers From Elevators
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A close-up of the side emergency exit...
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I wonder where the counterweight is...or perhaps it does not have one?
Could it be a winding-drum machine without a drum or car counterweight?
Tu Felix, Austria
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Looks like it could be an old freight car...
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A beautiful looking old building and hoistway...
Image provided by: Eric Tadler
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Lot's of wood up there...Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
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Another shot...
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Seen enough of this hoistway?
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Pretty shallow pit...
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I wonder what she's getting ready to do...
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Check the bigger image - that large sheave above is really two sheaves...
Angel Island Hospital - Ayala Cove, California, U.S.A.
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Barcelona, Spain
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Beautiful old freight elevator...thank you Herb!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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A rope job perhaps...
Image provided by: Lanis Devonshire
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A retiring cam (or fixed cam) unlocks these unusual looking hoistway doors...
I wonder what all that cable attached to the hoistway enclosure walls is used for?
(Somebody got cable TV!)
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Another counterweight guided by wire ropes in Rome, Italy
Image provided by: Guido Pisano
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Victoria Palace in Meina, Italy
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Bennett School in Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.
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Santa Justa elevator in Lisbon, Portugal
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I don't know where this is...
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The F&N Building in Seattle, Washinton, U.S.A.
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These cars appear to have selector tapes and Otis door locks...
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A hoistway in an abandoned house in Lisbon, Portugal
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Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
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I do not know what nor where this is...but it is an elevator!
Image provided by: Tomas Barsony
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I wonder if this hoistway was a stairwell at one time?
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The elevator inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, New York, U.S.A.
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A derelict freight car at the American Viscose Plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Fran Tarkenton
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Remarkably clean somewhere in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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A beautiful combination of stairs and lift in Vienna, Austria
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