This is the AMAZING, VERY EARLY Dover Hydraulic Elevator at the MacArthur Memorial (formerly Norfolk City Hall) in Norfolk, VA. This elevator is INDEED one of the VERY FIRST Dover's ever installed!!!!! This elevator has a Rotary pump and equipment and being that it has curved door frames, Rubber bumper, that isnt a plastic Dover bumper, a TINY cab and also the Regular Generic GAL Black Buttons (not the ones GAL made for Dover that were used in the Late 1950s and throughout the 1960s) that Rotary used, I'm pretty sure this is basically a Rotary installed right after Dover bought them out!!!! I wasn't going to start uploading from Norfolk just yet, but today is Oregon Elevator Fan (Riley)'s birthday, and he requested I uploaded this, so here you go Riley!!!! Happy Birthday to you Riley!!!!! Your an AWESOME person!!! (along with all of you guys!!!) Also, this elevator has an AMAZING Dry Powered Chewbacca Motor that sounds EXACTLY like the Chewbacca at Roosevelt Field, but not as loud. Because of the elevators' motor, but being that it's much older than the Chewy at RF, I nickname this elevator, CHEWBACCA'S GRANDPA/GRANDFATHER!!!! The elevator runs like the day it was put in just like almost any 1950s elevator would, and runs very smooth!!!! The cab is TINY, but it just adds to the charm!!! This might actually be the Oldest DOVER Elevator on KZitem. Dover bought out Rotary in 1955, so this one is probably from 1955 or 1956 or 1957. This building used to be The Norfolk City Hall, up until 1961 which it was gutted out and opened as a museum in 1964, but I'm pretty sure the elevator survived the renovation and existed before the renovation since it has mostly Rotary equipment and not Dover equipment (I rode a Dover from 1964 with all Dover equipment). Anyways, this is a TRUE GEM, it's ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, EARLY AND RARE, AND MACARTHUR MEMORIAL, WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT MODERNIZE OR REPLACED THIS BEAUTY OF AN ELEVATOR!!!!! Anyways, with that being said, enjoy a VERY EARLY Dover from the 1950s with the CHEWBACCA Motor!!!
Installed: Mid to Late 1950s
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