Скачать или смотреть Uplifting Tour at Johanniter hospital Duisburg - Rheinhausen, Germany

News: The small OTIS elevator (at 00:42) has been heavily modernizued: Now with steel cab and new full automatic doors. This hospital has got a lot of awesome old 1960's OTIS elevators! Beautiful! Prepare for an introduction of the legendary elevator operator controls at 11:05 !

Johanniter Hospital in Rheinhausen is a classic hospital from 1960, equipped with four elevators from 1960, all made by Flohr-OTIS. Part of the hospital architecture are also two early extensions, added in 1963 together with two more OTIS elevators. And then the hospital has been randomly extended again until the early 90's. The newest elevator here has been added in the existing building right next to the main 1960 OTIS elevators in the main lobby. It probably has been built for wheelchair passengers, because the two automatic doors elevators at the main entrance are both staff-only and the two small ones are not really capable for such passengers.

Duisburg city budget is worse and the city government has no chance of funding a big modernisation programme, that's probably the reason. The elevators, especially the two big ones (but also the small ones abit) are very much run-down. It is a surprise they still work. The 1963 elevators are in much better condition, but also quite frequently used. The elevators in this hospital are quite far from being in a good condition. I really wonder about the future of hospitals in Duisburg, one hospital in this city already has been closed (St Barbara, an elevator tour of that is available on this channel) and maybe more follow.

00:42 - 1960 Flohr-OTIS passenger elevator in the main lobby
02:31 - 1960 Flohr-OTIS locked off elevator with automatic doors!
05:08 - 1960 Flohr-OTIS elevator with auto doors, food transport elevator
06:42 - 1960 Flohr-OTIS passenger elevator in the staircase area
08:18 - 2002 generic Peters elevator in the main lobby
09:05 - 1980 generic FHW elevator, modernized
09:51 - 1963 Flohr-OTIS elevator in one of the corridors
11:05 - introduction to the elevator operator controls!
12:29 - 1963 Flohr-OTIS elevator in the other corridor
14:02 - 1990 generic Flohr-OTIS freight elevator without inner doors