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Fitchburg: TK Modded Payne Traction Elevators (Completed), Simmonds Building, Burbank Hospital

2,230 views · Published 9 April 2013 · 4:51 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: georgef551 · 2013 · Science & Technology

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This is the completed bank of  modded 1976 Payne Traction Elevators (by ThyssenKrupp), in the Simmonds Building at Burbank Hospital, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Both the lifts are done, and the third is either freight only, or illegally discontinued. Not sure which.
No more "Roller Coaster" starts and stops. No more bouncing around, much more gentle movement, and no more pre door opening.
Now that the mods are complete, the "cartoony" floor counters were removed (were still intact on the one that was finished in last video). They look and sound better. GAL/ACME combo wrecks it a little.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
Elevators permanently taken out of service (in Massachusetts), must BOTH have the cab, and counterweight on tractions (if present), sunk to the shafts pit. All doors must be bolted shut, and signage on each landing stating the lift no longer will be in service.

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