Скачать или смотреть 1980 Series 1! Very Early OTIS Series 1 Hydraulic Elevator - 9300 Grant Ave • Manassas, VA

I saw the year of the office building before checking it, expecting something a bit more vintage. Before this, I thought Series 1 really only started around 1981-81, but turns out it reaches as far back as 1980! This is one of the earliest Series 1s ever installed, and better yet, it's completely original! It was very obvious when riding that this does feel quite a bit more aged than all other LRVs with older series 1 I've been on. The noise the door operator makes, the overall behavior, slightly imperfect ride quality... yet it's super cool to see this nonetheless. This is going on 45 years, and there are a lot of law tenants in this building, so I'm sure they can afford to mod the elevator when the time comes. Hopefully, this sticks around for a little while longer. Definitely recommend hitting this building for anyone in Manassas! The L braille on the door looks goofy, buttttt this is the first analog hall + call station combo PI I've seen working!

Note, this may not actually be on an LRV controller, it's possible this is an intermediate bridge between the older systems and the newer LRV ones... idk, these were super niche and they're old, hard to find info for.

Recorded 1/2/26