At my old job at one time there had been a sidewalk elevator it was taken out of service 50 or more years ago. From what remains behind it was a hydro either city water pressure or a tank and power unit. Also there was an Otis hydroelectric fright elevator with a water tank mixed with hydro fluid, resembled an oversize pedestal sump pump. 5HP induction motor 3 phase 208 volt.
The machine room for the fright elevator is quite interesting, hydro tank is made of steel painted black 2" steel pipe and fittings for the pump head, and solenoid valve, it is manually operated, with a magnetic motor starter, and control relay. A primary 3 phase disconnect fused panel in the electrical room, and a secondary disconnect in the machine room. One problem if the water gets too low in the tank the pump looses it's prime until it's filled back up with water and hydro fluid.
So if you go in the elevator to get a box and the door closes, does it automatically lock you inside, and you're trapped until someone finds you? I haven't seen him in three weeks.
@jimster586 yea i have a manually controlled elevator vid up. key operated... i am so friggin happy i get to ride that thing... however i always need a dude with a key to move it... or even get inside it... so did you see my sidewalk elevator video? it doesn't move but it is a tour of one that is kinda cool. no flashlight tho so it is kinda dark...
One of the 1980s MacGyver episodes showed Jack Dalton using a sidewalk elevator to access his underground apartment. I think it was 1st or 2nd season, and if I remember right, he drove his motorcycle onto it. Until I saw this video I had not seen once since, and never seen one in real life.
There were a lot of sidewalk fright elevators in the City Of Berkeley where this previous elevator had been. One of the places was a grocery store which did home deliveries, loaded the orders in the basement, brought them up to the vans on the street via the sidewalk elevator. The building where the hydraulic freight elevator was had been torn down.
I used to watch these videos a lot when i was 9-10 years old. I wish we could go back to those days.
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Wow! That is pretty cool!
A lot of these old sidewalk elevators used to be run off city water pressure.
Yup. I've worked on a few of these in my day. To the best of my knowledge, there is still one left in the City of Detroit (in a public school)
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How did that work? Water turbine? What happened to the water after it had run the elevator? Did it just vent into the sewer?
That's actually interesting huh
This is awesome, wouldn't think they actually had one of these!
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Up at half past twelve watching sidewalk elevators. What a life.
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So fucking cool I want one I WANT ONE
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wow ~ is it only for moving things ?
That's awesome. I've never seen one of those things in action before.
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At my old job at one time there had been a sidewalk elevator it was taken out of service 50 or more years ago. From what remains behind it was a hydro either city water pressure or a tank and power unit. Also there was an Otis hydroelectric fright elevator with a water tank mixed with hydro fluid, resembled an oversize pedestal sump pump. 5HP induction motor 3 phase 208 volt.
What's a hydro?
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Do these elevators no longer exist, or could they still exist?
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those elevators give me nightmares
Judging from the thumbnail I thought it was going to open up from the brick wall and act as a secret passageway😂
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i’ve saw that sidewalk elevator in 1983 like it was so clean but now its dirty
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There's a few of these in my city, they use them mostly for storage
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you are the first. Always wondered how these work, especially the doors. Pretty clever cab design to do it.
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Of you are the owner, please spray some layers of Rust-Oleum Stops Rust directly over the rusted parts of the cage. So it won't deteriorate.
Reminds me of the opening scene from the Maze Runner.
Thanks . I would've liked to see the lift mechanism below !
It’s nothing new, but it entertained me. 👍🏽
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I saw one of those on a side walk in downtown Nashville! It was also a gillespie!
The machine room for the fright elevator is quite interesting, hydro tank is made of steel painted black 2" steel pipe and fittings for the pump head, and solenoid valve, it is manually operated, with a magnetic motor starter, and control relay. A primary 3 phase disconnect fused panel in the electrical room, and a secondary disconnect in the machine room. One problem if the water gets too low in the tank the pump looses it's prime until it's filled back up with water and hydro fluid.
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Why don’t I have one of these?
These used to be very common...this one looks like it's used to haul trash.
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New students, in sidewalk elevators.
its a shame it is defunct.
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Are you at Rochester New York?
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Anyone know where this is?
There are several of these (all dead and inaccessible, sadly) in my town. I'll take pictures.
I've waited 6 years are you gonna post the pictures or what
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I thought I was the only one waiting for the pictures.
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There's a good chance I've walked over one of these hatches without knowing what lay underneath.
Chicago right ?
When I first read this, I read “a UA-cam first: *Demonetization* of a sidewalk elevator.”
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Very interesting video...
I remember this video omg
So if you go in the elevator to get a box and the door closes, does it automatically lock you inside, and you're trapped until someone finds you? I haven't seen him in three weeks.
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If it was new it would be even better
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Is the shrieking really nessesarry...?
Actually, Harold Lloyd used one in his 1924 film Safety Last. Twice.
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Why there is a lift on a sidewalk?? This is used for what?
@jimster586 yea i have a manually controlled elevator vid up. key operated... i am so friggin happy i get to ride that thing... however i always need a dude with a key to move it... or even get inside it... so did you see my sidewalk elevator video? it doesn't move but it is a tour of one that is kinda cool. no flashlight tho so it is kinda dark...
How was this made in 2010 and not 2030?
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@myotismon767 neither have i. mostly they are blocked up. looks like a small freight elevator.
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One of the 1980s MacGyver episodes showed Jack Dalton using a sidewalk elevator to access his underground apartment. I think it was 1st or 2nd season, and if I remember right, he drove his motorcycle onto it. Until I saw this video I had not seen once since, and never seen one in real life.
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I remember they had something like this in the movie "Blast from the Past". Always thought they were cool
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I'm afraid you're not the first to film a sidewalk elevator; they crop up from time to time in silent comedy films from the 1920s.
First video/flim of a sidewalk elevator ON UA-cam
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imagine being stuck down there with no phone
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I would love one of those and a house.
It goes down to the man that goes to the elevator
Can this be my house?
ill have a key to open the elevator
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Looks like a shark cage death trap needs to be oiled
Cool
Good way to store boxes
Oh my..looks like something out of The Munsters
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Steps and put a ramp on them when you have boxes?
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First demo of one nice, captain elevator showed one on camera but never used it.
Almost 90% of these are a YT First.
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Walking around the building
@jimster586 I know right? Even the key switch isn't accessible. :(
How did u make this?
That place look scary af.
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I’ve always wondered what those metal things were
Not all of them are. Some are just simple stairways.
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These are real common in San Francisco. Businesses use them for moving goods, because they do not have back allies.
There were a lot of sidewalk fright elevators in the City Of Berkeley where this previous elevator had been. One of the places was a grocery store which did home deliveries, loaded the orders in the basement, brought them up to the vans on the street via the sidewalk elevator. The building where the hydraulic freight elevator was had been torn down.
where is that and what is it for tolet paper
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I think you are cute actually best elevator too
He he. . .he looks the co - workers give him xD
It's 2022 and I feel like I'm in a weird time trap because I've never seen some ish like that but that looks old AF, I'm going back to bed
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That plastic-like goop on the floor of the elevator looks like someone took a crap on it.
Hurray for you? Except I've seen them in almost every movie made about New York.
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I remember dieselducy actually found a rideable one at a fabric store
My school uses one of these
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I don't even think I knew those things had elevators in them lol
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