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Worcester: Freight Elevator Overhaul (Dover HIGHdraulic) @ Rotman's Furniture

3,427 views · Published 21 June 2010 · 3:57 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: georgef551 · 2010 · Science & Technology

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We ride what was once a small-width freight elevator, completely overhauled by Dover, in Rotman's Furniture, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  Prior to taking over the entire factory from top to bottom, Rotman's was only on the first floor, second floor, where ramps would allow.
  There was no need for elevators back then, so these old freighters were not used, until Rotman's started filling up the rest of the buildings. At this point, the freighter, and all it's mechanicals (likely traction), were completely ripped out, replaced with hydraulics, and added a front to the lift, with modern-day doors, as Dover has done with this freighter, converted into a dual-purpose elevator, primarily for passenger use.
  You can tell it's a hydraulic, because there is a slight motor sound (not audible in video), as well as the jerky start and stops hydraulics have. The lighting and two-tone scheme remains untouched, as the other passenger elevator (B) is exactly the same, but it's a Worcester Elevator overhaul, with their GAL fixturing, and more narrow doors.

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