Picture of the Week
April - June 2008
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04-05-2008 
(1 of 2)
We have all heard of the situation were you must pass through
a restroom to access the machine room but...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Kirk Muller
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04-05-2008 
(2 of 2)
It's unfortunate that they couldn't have figured out how to run the to/from hose
around by the toilet - they could have eliminated the handicapped handrail...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Kirk Muller
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04-06-2008 
(BONUS PIC!!)
One good toilet image deserves another!
A remote counterweight hoistway with an access panel in a restroom...
You can see the safety circuit contact shorting bar on the removable panel.
Image provided by: Stefan Edgren (aka Mr. Hiss) - Sweden
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04-12-2008 (1 of 3)
It's shocking but true...elevatorbob has opened his Cafepress Store!
A few of you have asked about purchasing an elevatorbob coffee mug so...
now you can buy mugs, T-shirts, caps, and even an elevatorbob clock!
All profits will be donated to The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation.
Image "borrowed" from: Cornelia Otis Skinner (an illustration from her book, Excuse It, Please!)
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04-12-2008 (2 of 3)
Homer Simpson enjoying his stylish and highly accurate (to the hour) elevatorbob clock...
Don't miss out on all the fun and excitement!!
Image provided by: Matt Groening
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04-12-2008 (Real Picture of the Week) (3 of 3)
"Which floor did elevatorbob say his Cafepress Store was located on?"
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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04-15-2008 Taxes Due Day 
"Can I slip into this cool T-shirt from elevatorbob...or do I have to wear this suit?"
My first sale...Thank You American Taxpayers!
...finally our taxes are being used in a fiscally responsible manner!
Image provided by: Ansel Adams
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04-19-2008 
(1 of 2)
An early attempt at parking automobiles in a limited space...
See the Vehicle Parking Systems section
of my Catchall Folder for better ideas.
Image provided by: Ralston Manoir
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04-19-2008 
(2 of 2)
...lucky for us the sun never went down on this idea!
See the Vehicle Parking Systems section
of my Catchall Folder for better ideas.
Image provided by: Ralston Manoir
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04-26-2008
I know...this doesn't look much like a vertical transportation image but...
I needed a place to put my little Orphans...and here it is!
Image provided by: Mommy
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05-03-2008 
(1 of 2)
A derelict installation in Sanatorio de La Barranca - Barranca, Spain
A wire rope guided counterweight that enters the machine room...
See even more, less interesting counterweight images here...
Image provided by: Carlos Barboza
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05-03-2008 (2 of 2)
Inside the Atomium - a monument built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair - Brussels, Belgium
I added another page of older electric elevator hoistway images here...
Image provided by: August Tulley
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05-10-2008
See more of these beautiful elevators in the Private Residence Elevators Folder.
Image provided by: Randy Mannes
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05-17-2008 
(1 of 3)
Are these counterweights functional or just for looks?
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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05-17-2008 
(2 of 3)
Well...are they functional?
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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05-17-2008 
(3 of 3)
They are not functional counterweights but they do move up, down, and in
the correct direction corresponding with the parking structure elevators!
The Americana Mall in Glendale, California, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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05-24-2008
The upper floor of a home destroyed by fire...that's the elevator entrance frame and door.
Image provided by: Samuel Laurie
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05-31-2008
Are you interested in kettles of food being transported to another landing?
If so...you need to check-out my Elevators With Other Driving Machines Folder!
Image provided by: Rahish Hadin
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06-07-2008 
(1 of 2)
A friend of mine, who did an inspection in Luanda, Angola, was informed
that this car was ready to be "commissioned". Yes...this is the counterweight!
Check-out the rebar holding the weights in place in the larger image...
Image provided by: Chuck Bode
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06-07-2008 
(2 of 2)
The counterweight shackles!
Image provided by: Chuck Bode
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06-14-2008 
A private residence parking elevator...no chance of an injury here!
Image provided by: Stewie Griffin
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06-21-2008
Two lifts - one for you and one for your fiber (grain)...
An abandoned mill somewhere in the Netherlands.
Image provided by: Hans Solo
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06-28-2008 
Is this a work of art or a real elevator...or perhaps both?!
Image provided by: Rachael Turner
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