Montgomery Hydraulic Elevator, Macys Home, Westfield Montgomery, Bethesda, MD

Technical Specs:
Location: Macys Home, Westfield Montgomery, Bethesda, MD
Date Filmed: 3/25/24
Filmed on: iPhone 15 Pro Max
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Elevator Specs:
Type: Traction
Year: 1974
Brand: Montgomery
Fixtures: PTL
Doors: Center Open
This was recorded during my March 2024 meet up with elevatorsofVA
This is the elevator at Macys Home, at Westfield Montgomery. If you’re wondering why the call button is so far away, there actually used to be second car to the right of this one, when this store was originally a Woodward & Lothrop. An AMC theaters was built on top of the garage, which is why the 4th floor is locked. I’m guessing these elevators didn’t get much traffic, so there was no point in having 2 elevators. As you can see, the indicator is very glitchy lol.

[@elevatorelectricalenthusiasm]

There used to be two elevators in this set, but sadly they took down one of them, likely because there wasn't a lot of traffic, and they actually no longer serve the 4th floor all after the Arclight theaters (now AMC) was built on top.

[@rocketcat2]

It looks like there used to be two of them but they walled off the other one for some reason