This blog is my collection of photos and videos of elevators.





Each elevator is given a speed.





Very Slow - less than 100 feet per minute

Slow - 100 to 199 feet per minute

Medium - 200 to 299 feet per minute

Fast - 300 to 699 feet per minute

Very Fast - 700 to 999 feet per minute

High Speed - more than 999 feet per minute

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Bank Of America Plaza Downtown San Antonio TX

This is the Bank Of America Tower in Downtown San Antonio. This building has some impressive Otis Elevonic 401 elevators from the 1980s, just like the old elevators at the Marriott Marquis in Downtown Atlanta. Unfortunately, all elevators were in the process of getting modernized with Otis Series M2, but the low rise, high rise, and parking elevators remained intact. The thing that these elevators have in common is the voice. These have the 1980's Otis Grandpa voice. It beeps when you press the button and it beeps when it goes past each floor. The speed of the highrise elevators go 700 FPM

Low Rise Elevators

these elevators go all floors G to 14 and on some of the cars once it stops at ground floor it says "main floor" rather than "ground floor"

Speed: Fast (500 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
G - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices
11 - offices
12 - offices
13 - offices
14 - offices

Type: Otis Elevonic 401 w/ Series 1 Fixtures (mod w/ Otis Series M2) 

High Rise Elevators

these elevators start at G then nonstop to 14 then all floors to 26 to go to floors 27 to 28 you have to take the penthouse elevator by getting off the high rise elevators at floors 23 to 26

Speed: Very Fast (700 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
G - lobby
14 - offices
15 - offices
16 - offices
17 - offices
18 - offices
19 - offices
20 - offices
21 - offices
22 - offices
23 - offices and access to penthouse elevator
24 - offices and access to penthouse elevator
25 - offices and access to penthouse elevator
26 - offices and access to penthouse elevator

Type: Otis Elevonic 401 w/ Series 1 Fixtures (mod w/ Otis Series M2)

Penthouse Elevator

these elevators go all floors from 23 to 28 and gives you access to 27 or 28

Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
23 - offices and access to main elevators
24 - offices and access to main elevators
25 - offices and access to main elevators
26 - offices and access to main elevators
27 - penthouse offices
28 - penthouse offices

Type: Otis Series 1 I'm assuming??? (mod with Otis Series M2)

Parking Garage Elevators

these elevators go to the parking garage of the tower

Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby and access to bank of america plaza
2 - parking garage
3 - parking garage
4 - parking garage
5 - parking garage
6 - parking garage
7 - parking garage
8 - parking garage
9 - parking garage
10 - parking garage

Type: Dover (Modernized with Otis Series M2)


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