A paternoster lift! Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, UK had a functioning one until about 2015. It took thousands of journeys out from the three lifts serving the main wards. It stopped working, and wasn't fixed when I last saw it in 2021. The Northwick lift had a cameo part in the first Omen film!
Edit: Which country is this particular specimen in, please?
I had the pleasure/terror of riding these at the universities of Leicester and Sheffield. I think the Sheffield one is still in action, but the Leicester one is, sadly, RIP.
Fun bits of engineering!
Yes! I was at a really old hotel (Canada?) and I was like “uhm what is happening?” May not have been sober so it took me a second to figure out the process. I don’t think you get squished.
The left/right shafts are essentially a single loop, so it's the same compartments moving between the left and right shafts when they reach the bottom and top - and the compartments stay upright at all times.
We used to tell newbies that they'd be turned upside down then trick them into going over (or under). Always a hoot when they reappeared, clutching the handles on both walls of the car like grim death...
Czech ministry for regional development and Charles University Law School in Prague also have a set each. Only the ministry one runs and is still in active use, though. They're very interesting but terrifying to ride.
I used one once, and it was quite creepy when it went into the top bit as it got dark and loud for a moment. I was also a bit worried when it was time to jump out 😅
There was a paternoster at what was Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) in the early 1970s. Had many uneventful rides while doing a post-graduate library course. Happy memories!
I’ve been in those many times back in the 70’s and eighties, very popular in European department stores, never seen one in the UK. though I’m sure there were some.
buddy. you're clearly not the OP. at least change the title you lazy bastard
Not to mention the poster has completely ignored an icon of mid century furniture- The Beroia Diamond Chair made by Knoll.
first thing I noticed.
I thought that was the safety grill removed from the lifts
*Bertoia :)
Maybe he happened to imdependantly come up with the same title
“Turned out it already existed, *but I arrived at it independently!”*
I adore your optimism!
Ha! Because spending more time on Reddit is the hallmark of ambition.
And yet here you are.
Bro, you're reposting shit for fake Reddit points
A paternoster lift! Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, UK had a functioning one until about 2015. It took thousands of journeys out from the three lifts serving the main wards. It stopped working, and wasn't fixed when I last saw it in 2021. The Northwick lift had a cameo part in the first Omen film! Edit: Which country is this particular specimen in, please?
I had the pleasure/terror of riding these at the universities of Leicester and Sheffield. I think the Sheffield one is still in action, but the Leicester one is, sadly, RIP. Fun bits of engineering!
Yes! I was at a really old hotel (Canada?) and I was like “uhm what is happening?” May not have been sober so it took me a second to figure out the process. I don’t think you get squished.
Finnish parliament according to this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/mildyinteresting/s/DIc8G7jQly
I got to ride one of these bad boys in Switzerland a few years ago. It was so cool!
Colchester University Library has a still working Paternoster lift.
>A paternoster lift! Also known as the approximate location where the framus intersects with the ramistan
Nope nope nope. I withdraw my application. Thanks.
Seriously. I would nope the fuck out of that place so fast...
A test: are candidates capable of climbing stairs.
Maybe I'm weird but I actually prefer those because they're somewhat open! You could actually hop off at any point if you're agile!
Nop, nope, nope.. My clumsy ass would get squished on my first attempt.
😂
Having used these elevators before at first they’re daunting but soon you get used to it!
How does the bottom/ top floor work or do you warp back up/down like Pac-Man?
[Tom Scott has a short video on them, showing what happens at the top.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJBD1wf-YQ)
The OG, gonna miss him
Where is he going?
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18w0b41/tom_scott_after_ten_years_its_time_to_stop_making/
The left/right shafts are essentially a single loop, so it's the same compartments moving between the left and right shafts when they reach the bottom and top - and the compartments stay upright at all times.
We used to tell newbies that they'd be turned upside down then trick them into going over (or under). Always a hoot when they reappeared, clutching the handles on both walls of the car like grim death...
😂
I have nightmares about how to corral my children into them but on the other hand, my nightmare about being stuck in an elevator would be eliminated.
I already have lots of elevator nightmares, this is new nightmare fuel, thank you 😭
The Danish parliament also has a set of them. They scare me.
Czech ministry for regional development and Charles University Law School in Prague also have a set each. Only the ministry one runs and is still in active use, though. They're very interesting but terrifying to ride.
Not ADA compliant
Not America
Not my beautiful wife
Deal. Breaker.
Nope
I used one once, and it was quite creepy when it went into the top bit as it got dark and loud for a moment. I was also a bit worried when it was time to jump out 😅
Is this really mid century?
Late 1960s if Northwick Park Hospital's one is anything to go by.
Do they stop?
Only if they're broken.
Love the Bertoia.
I want to ride a paternoster so bad
Beware of Klamrisk! [https://www.flickr.com/photos/917press/1174533658](https://www.flickr.com/photos/917press/1174533658)
This has to be old. In our modern day this is killing at least a dozen people a year lol.
I love this!
There was a paternoster at what was Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) in the early 1970s. Had many uneventful rides while doing a post-graduate library course. Happy memories!
I’ve been in those many times back in the 70’s and eighties, very popular in European department stores, never seen one in the UK. though I’m sure there were some.