AMAZING! 1925 OTIS manually controlled traction passenger elevator @ Century Building, Milwaukee, WI

Century Building
R.I.P! Modernized into automatic operation in late 2018
This was the last manually operated passenger elevator in Milwaukee
End of an era.
Information
• Location: 808 North Old World 3rd St, Milwaukee, WI
• Manufacturer: OTIS
• Year: 1925
• Type: Manually controlled
• Capacity:
• Stops: 8
Recorded ‎‎10. April ‎2017

[@Bombiedude.]

0:39 that is a really cool indicator all art deco style

[@carmenvitale855]

Better than modern elevators

[@dandatv3652]

Cool old lift

[@MPXDStudio]

Beautiful elevator :)

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Beautiful ambience of the Building itself. So calm.

[@GermanElevatorGuy]

Amazing!!!

[@dykodesigns]

Amazing that is was still manually operated with hand crack for so long. It runs quite smooth as well.

[@adamberndt4190]

It actually called "The 1925 Century Building" Next time you're around let me know and I'll show you the inside of the apt... If you interested anyway.

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Really wanted to see the floor numbers change.

[@TheTheo58]

Those elevators worked just like a Swiss watch for nearly a century. And they got modernized to automatic operation? I am presuming the traction machine was AC or there was a DC rectifier I did not hear an MG set running at the top of the shaft. All three got automated?

[@alchernisky]

That is because there is no generator on those.

[@shaneinkster4775]

I’m surprised that elevator still works even after close to 100 years

[@uppercut_gr]

What about 160 years elevators that still work

[@dpayne8611]

Things were made so much better back then. Todays elevators are crap

[@robert3302]

I'm not surprised. If properly maintained, these old elevators will last virtually forever.

[@Chulduck_Sugar]

Very old OTIS lift

[@jdtayloruk]

It’s a shams these gates can’t be motorised to keep as much as possible original