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Leominster: ThyssenKrupp Hydraulic Elevator @ Former Tucker Housewares Plant

1,583 views · Published 16 November 2011 · 2:22 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: georgef551 · 2011 · Science & Technology

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We ride a ThyssenKrupp Hydraulic Elevator, at the former Tucker Housewares Plant, now a multi-use office and industrial building, Leominster, Massachusetts.
Tucker Housewares originally was started, and headquartered, on Central Street (Route 12), midway between downtown, and the Litchfield Street area. They were a big rival of Tupperware (also started here in Leominster, not sure where, though), and was growing so big, they had this facility built for them on Tucker Drive. It's a two-story office building, with a huge production plant behind it, with many cargo bays. Ultimately, Tucker faded away, and went out of buisness sometime in the 90's, and the building's been mixed use ever since.
This elevator appears to be a modernization, as the cab itself looks like a traditional cheap Dover Impulse cab, but it has been well maintained, and runs very well. It appears it was not original to Tucker Housewares, but rather, an addition when the building was divided up. (The many front doors is proof of that.)

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