Old modernized KONE Traction elevator/lift at SOKOS Hotel Torni, Helsinki, Finland (Retake)

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Channel: Elevators from Finland · 2012 · Entertainment

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Location: SOKOS Hotel Torni (Tower), Helsinki, Finland
Brand: KONE
Type: Traction
Year installed/modernized: 1931 (originally) / 1968 (rebuilt) / 2004 (modernized)
Floors served: 13 (P, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Note: There's an observation area on the 12th floor, and a restaurant on floor 14. The hotel rooms are located on floors 2-11. There's only one fast elevator/lift, serving all the floors in the building. The hotel was renovated in 2004-5. 
There's also a small staff elevator serving all the floors (original from 1968; manual doors - not modernized). And an additional old KONE Traction elevator/lift from 1931 - modernized in 1998 (Evergreen fixtures) - serving floors 1-5. 
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