Westinghouse Traction Elevator @ Roanoke Memorial Hospital Roanoke VA
These are the staff lifts in the main tower. they are NOT otis like I said in the first photograph of these elevators. Listen to the beautiful dinner bell when i get to the basement
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Outside of floors 3 …
Outside of floors 3 to 6, it seems the elevator doesn’t know it left the previous floors, in both directions.
That must be a big …
That must be a big hospital then!
I was trained to …
I was trained to run buffers like that.
You cant have a …
You cant have a 15th floor without a 13th floor.
That buffer you see …
That buffer you see on Lobby Level is a battery operated one. That one looks like on of the back-up ones and is used in the main hospital. The switch on the left turns on the power, the switch in the middle turns on the pad driver and the one on the right raises or lowers the pad.
this is the main …
this is the main hospital building..
Always loved those …
Always loved those old Westy Bells.
I’m just …
I’m just superstitious, I don’t actually hate it.
Like the classic …
Like the classic floor indicators.
@tpirjunky Why do …
@tpirjunky Why do you hate 13?
Eww, they have a …
Eww, they have a 13th floor! Nice elevators, though.
maybe staff …
maybe staff elevators operate differently.
That’s a tall …
That’s a tall hospital building. What’s this building’s function?
Nice elevator
Nice elevator