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Leominster: Original 1950's Payne Traction Elevator (C) @ Leominster Hospital

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Channel: georgef551 · 2010 · Science & Technology

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We get a very close look at one elevator that used to be very easy to find, prior to the 2000 hospital expansion, and floor plan rearangement, at Leominster Hospital, Leominster, Massachusetts.
  First, we get to see the original building (built in 1913), and the first expansion (built in 1931), and I point out where each had an elevator. I then show you, from the main entry, how to get there (I cheated, but I didn't on the way back out).
 The original elevator was on the leftmost corner, so in the 1931 expansion, they put it's elevator on the far right corner, making a bay of 2 elevators. This also explains why the call buttons stand proud of the wall the elevators are on, since that's where the original  building ended (brick wall).
  We get to look at the classic, original 1950's fixtures, including the hall stations. All the lights do work, but since the elevator is there when we view them, they will not light up.
  We go for several rides, and watch everything, from the "Classic Leveling", to the shaft being lit by the window up top, through the upper vents, to enjoying the sounds of the relay-driven system.

  Another =MUST-RIDE ELEVATOR= in the Fitchburg/Leominster area!

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