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Leominster: Dover Man-Powered Elevators @ Water Tower Plaza

1,681 views · Published 23 May 2011 · 2:28 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: georgef551 · 2011 · Science & Technology

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We ride the biggest, of several Dover Man-Powered Elevators, at the Water Tower Plaza, Leominster, Massachusetts.
The first one is a 3-landing Incline Plane variety, and runs very well. Only issue is the floor passing chime worked only once, and sounded terrible. The second one was your standard fixed-incremented plane variety. The later one has a problem with low hydraulic fluid. Problematic enough, on the 2'nd lap, it broke down on the upper level.
Since the place was busy, the other MPE's were not done, especially since employees could see everything, being directly in front of their stores.

USELESS FACTOID: This was built on the former Foster Grant Sunglass Company site, building nearest me was one of the buildings (the part with the Nail Salon, over, is newer construction). There used to be a water tower at the main entrance, and was kept a few years after this plaza opened. It was later demolished, after finding contamination in that land.

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