Electric Elevators
Older Hoistways
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Image 1 
Looking up the hoistway in Nanjing, China
Image provided by: Karl Gange
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Image 2
Image provided by: Regent Isamoné
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Image 3 
Freight Elevator - Abandoned Building - Toronto, Ontario Canada
This image was the first Picture of the Week.
Image provided by: fasheezee
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Image 4
You can barely see the safety device on this dirty old elevator
Image provided by: Roland Biggs
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Image 5
Large vehicle transporting elevators at the Old Elbe Tunnel
For more images of these elevators see the Old Elbe Tunnel folder
Image provided by: Patrick MaGroen - U.S.A.
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Image 6
Le Stade Olympique (The Olympic Stadium) is in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Martin Degré of Ascenseur Élévapro Inc. provided me with the location of this beautiful structure.
Olympic Stadium Montreal - Wikipedia
Image provided by: Roland Biggs
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Image 7
Santa Justa elevators in Lisbon Spain
Image provided by: Elly Avatori
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Image 8 
Abandoned elevator in New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Möv Ingwalk
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Image 9
I wonder if we are looking at the overhead sheave space, secondary sheave space, or machine room?
Image provided by: Tre Yung
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Image 10
Abandoned elevators at the American Canning Company - Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (1 of 2)
Image provided by: Ray Wright
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Image 11
Abandoned elevators at the American Canning Company - Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (2 of 2)
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Image 12
Derelict children's hospital in Antwerp, Belgium
Image provided by: Fred Small
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Image 13 
This is a basement winding-drum machine...
an explanation of the roping arrangement can be found on the "What is This?" page.
Image provided by: Eric Slater
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Image 14 
Look at all those windows - plenty of light...could these guides be made of wood?
Image provided by: Möv Ingwalk
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Image 15
We don't see many wire rope clips used here in California on passenger or freight elevators
Image provided by: Ray Wright
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Image 16
Many elevator hoistway enclosures were provided with windows in the "good old days."
This car appears to be slow enough to be equipped with an instantaneous safety device.
If you look closely you can see the safety operated switch near the center of the platform.
Image provided by: Jim Jiels
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Image 17
This is actually the outside of a hoistway enclosure at the Bristol United Breweries - United Kingdom
Image provided by: Eric Cartmann
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Image 18 
An apartment elevator with a compensation chain located in Cairo, Egypt
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Image 19 
The car and counterweight are landed (1 of 2)
Image provided by: Paddy Noustor
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Image 20 
The overhead sheave space for the elevator in image 19 (2 of 2)
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Image 21
This is a freight elevator with a basement geared machine that has had the suspension ropes removed
Image provided by: Roland Low
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Image 22
I'm confused...are we looking up or down and where are the car, counterweight and ropes?
Image provided by: Tom Tuttle
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Image 23
As you can see, this is a corner-post installation which
allows openings on adjacent sides of the car platform
Image provided by: Ted Cisneros
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Image 24
It appears that the counterweight is guided by wire ropes instead of guide rails
Image provided by: Máter Stahls
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Image 25
A counterweight roped 2:1 and installed on a freight elevator
Image provided by: Rufus Kelly
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Image 26
A counterweight at the top of the hoistway
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Image 27
An utterly derelict freight elevator at the Fisher Body Plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
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Image 28
Now you can see why we no longer want foreign pipes and conduit running through the hoistway.
Edgeworth Building - Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
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Image 29 
The derelict Calantean Temple - Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A.
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Image 30
Derelict freight car in Rivertown, Detroit, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Buddy Means
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