Electric Elevators
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Plenty of pipe and wood but where are the ropes...
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Samuel Hendricks
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Another view...
Image provided by: Samuel Hendricks
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Vibrating sheave - stationary - New York, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Frank Hemsley
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Vibrating sheave - in flight - New York, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Frank Hemsley
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A derelict private estate lift in Surrey, United Kingdom
I wonder if those two sheaves allow the governor to be installed in the basement?
Image provided by: Sal Kingsley
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All lined up...
Image provided by: Leon Nobles
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Retired in Troy, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Shelly Redstone
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AT&SF railyard in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Isadore Kake
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Vic Morrow
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Vic Morrow
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Deflector sheaves left at the dumpster to be recycled and so blue about it...
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Sally Grainger
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The overhead and counterweight 2:1 sheaves...
Bradbury Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Christie Reagan
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Another view of the overhead sheave and the counterweight hitch plate...
The governor sheave can be seen in the background.
Image provided by: Christie Reagan
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The counterweight...how is it guided?
Image provided by: Christie Reagan
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Two "rods" seem to do the guiding...
See more images in the Bradbury Building section of my Antique Conveyances Folder
Image "borrowed" from: jimw's photostream
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Widsor Hotel in Cairo, Egypt
Image provided by: Mudini Maivha
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A car top 2:1 sheave...
Image provided by: Richard Belzer
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An old abandoned driver sheave...
Image provided by: John Munch
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A pair of overhead sheaves being hoisted in front of an escalator...
Image provided by: Bill Blass
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Image provided by: Marc Cedarman
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Why does this idle line wear out so quickly?
(What is an "idle line?")
Image provided by: David Cooper
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The rail was in the way...
Image provided by: David Cooper
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I'm not sure what we are looking at here...
It looks like a governor rope tension sheave but I have many questions!
Image provided by: David Cooper
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Now this is a tension sheave with a clearance problem...fixed!
Image provided by: David Cooper
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Is that a governor hiding around the corner?
Image provided by: Roy Uresy
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Sheaves for an observation elevator named "Bigo" in Genoa, Italy
See several more pictures of this elevator beginning here.
Image provided by: Antonio Bellagio
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Something is leaking...
Image provided by: Marc Shelter
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This sheave appears to be on the way out...
Image provided by: Carla Lang
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Exposed somewhere in Berlin, Germany
Image provided by: Tim Sawyer
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A governor and several overhead sheaves...see the larger image.
The "Corn Palace" in Harlem, New York, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Mike Meyers
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