elevatorbob's Elevator Pictures - Picture of the Week - April

Picture of the Week

April - June 2007

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04-07-2007
Freight Elevator - Abandoned Building - Toronto, Canada
Image provided by: fasheezee
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Please Note

1 - The colors have been enhanced by the photographer - to our advantage.
2 - The elevator has wooden rails.
3 - The floor cams attached to the wooden rail support are also made of wood.
4 - The counterweight is visible behind the "ladder" rail bracket.
5 - There are windows in the hoistway and they are in the worst possible place for firefighters - directly behind the counterweight runway.

Image provided by Elly Avatori
04-14-2007
Comb/Step Interface on a Wooden Escalator
at Macy*s New York City, New York U.S.A.
(More images will be found on my Macy*s Wooden Escalators page)
Image provided by: Elly Avatori
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Image provided by Robert Krieger
04-21-2007
A Long Way to Walk When the Escalator Is Being Serviced
(Robert's "China" picture also appeared in "Elevator World's Last Glance".)
Image provided by: Robert Krieger
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Image provided by Elly Avatori
04-28-2007
There's something wrong with this installation but...
I just can't put my finger on it!
Image provided by: Elly Avatori
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Image provided by Paddy Naustor

05-05-2007
This would be one rough troublecall!
Michigan Central Station in Detroit (derelict building)
Image provided by: Paddy Naustor
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Image provided by Möv Ingwalk

05-12-2007
Excellent picture Möv!
Please note that these two freight elevators have four guide rails per car.
There are also windows in the hoistway...no longer allowed in most jurisdictions.
Image provided by: Möv Ingwalk
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Image provided by Goleta Air and Space Museum

05-19-2007
Yes...an elevator on an airplane!
This is a Douglas C-74 Globemaster.
Image provided by: Goleta Air and Space Museum
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05-26-2007
Ready and able to get the job done...now!
Image provided by: Stéphane Wicht of monostatic.ch - a fabulous photographer.
View more photos at Flickr...were he is known as ace_______.
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Image provided by Elly Avatori

06-02-2007
A belt driven, ceiling mounted, winding drum machine in an abandoned factory.
Image provided by: Elly Avatori
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Image provided by Paddy Noustor

06-09-2007
Monks of the Mont Saint-Michel (Mount Saint Michael) abbey in France
would raise and lower this "inclined elevator" by way of a wooden "hamster wheel." (see below)
"Wooden Rails - Iron Monks"
Image provided by: Paddy Noustor
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Image provided by Rick Jensen