Very Old Hitachi Traction elevators/lifts at Silk Center, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan

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Channel: Elevators from Finland · 2011 · Entertainment

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Location: Silk Center, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan
Brand: Hitachi
Type: Traction
Year installed/updated: March 1959 (!) / 1971 (Estimated)
Floors served: 7 (B1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, *, *, *, R1)
Note: The building was completed in March 1959, but the elevators were updated some time later. There are newer touch-buttons, but the old floor indicators are preserved, which is great. Unfortunately, floors 3, 4, 5 and R are locked.
Pictures: http://www.elevaattorit.org/index.php?E=3261&LNG=EN

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