Car-Switch/Continuous-Pressure
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Image 31
Another beautiful Otis car-switch
Image provided by: D.B. Selwick
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Image 32
An Otis car-switch at the University of Tampa - Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Paddy Noustor
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Image 33
Castle Green - historical building in Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
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Image 34
Another car-switch elevator in New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Richard Reynolds
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Image 35
A lovely lady demonstrating the proper eye contact while using a continuous-pressure operating device
Image provided by: Chris Benson
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Image 36
Another beautiful Otis car-switch
Image provided by: Chris Williams
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Image 37
Another Otis car-switch in the Gladstone Hotel - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I wonder if that plaid sack is designed to hold the lever over while in flight...?
Image provided by: Möv Ingwalk
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Image 38
A continuous-pressure sidewalk elevator - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Please note that the operating device plugs into the sidewalk door.
Image provided by: Mike Murphy
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Image 39
Another sidewalk elevator continuous-pressure operating device attached to the building wall
Image provided by: Mike Murphy
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Image 40
Smith Tower - Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
This is a wonderful image because of the hand wheel pictured below the car-switch device.
This hand wheel is used to manually apply the car safeties "in an overspeed condition."
Image provided by: Mike Murphy
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Image 41 
Another Otis at The Colony Inn - Del Rey, Florida, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Ray Tango
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Image 42
A Cutler-Hammer Car-Switch...
Image provided by: Jan Dumno
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Image 43
A typical Cutler-Hammer car-switch elementary wiring diagram...
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Image 44
Another Otis at The Gadsden Hotel - Douglas, Arizona, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Rick Ostrem
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Image 45
An Otis at The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, Colorada, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Karl Gaston
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Image 46 
Otis and The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Please note - The emergency release glass just below
the car-switch panel appears to be broken...
Image provided by: Ernie Cheever
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Image 47
I do not know where this elevator is located...
Image provided by: Yardley Smithe
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Image 48 
An Otis in The Jefferson Building - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Carrie Underheight
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Image 49
Somewhere in London, United Kingdom
Is that a fire extinguisher next to his head?
Image provided by: Barry Bonds
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Image 50
A Waygood-Otis car-switch...
The emergency release glass (Otis calls it "Emergency Operation" usually)
is intact and the instructions read,
"TO OPERATE CAR WITH
DOORS OPEN BREAK GLASS
AND HOLD BUTTON PRESSED"
Image provided by: Gary Bonds
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Image 51
Center-opening swinging entrances on this relatively new freight elevator...
Image provided by: Robert Low
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Image 52 
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An Otis car-switch at the University of Tampa - Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
See Image 32 as well...
Image provided by: Earl St. Martin
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Image 53 
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A better view of this Otis car-switch operating device...
Image provided by: Earl St. Martin
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Image 54 (1 of 2)
A plainer looking Otis car-switch...but an Otis just the same.
The pie-shaped device below the car-switch is the emergency stop switch.
The chain is holding open the collapsible car gate.
Image provided by: Ray Dorste
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Image 55 (2 of 2)
Elevator operators should be provided with a seat...preferably a comfortable one.
The red rectangular box in the upper left-hand corner is the car annunciator panel.
Registered hall calls are displayed here...alerting the operator to make a stop in the proper direction.
Image provided by: Ray Dorste
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Image 56 (1 of 2)
An Otis car-switch standing tall in Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.
An image of the machine and controller for this elevator is here...
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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Image 57 (2 of 2)
...and so is he!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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Image 58 
An Otis-Fensom car-switch elevator in the Canada Permanent/Telpay Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I say Otis-Fensom because...
The car and hall gate sills.
The car sill is composed of wood and this metal insert...beautiful!
Images provided by: Philippe Manteau
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Image 59
Another car-switch elevator with a hand wheel used to manually apply the car safeties.
I don't think this car has much in the way of car gates...stay alert!
Image provided by: Javon Miller
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Image 60
A Reedy car-switch - Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Jason Alexander
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