The Elevator Preservation Blog » old elevator car switch http://www.elevatorpreservation.com For those of us who love old elevators! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Elevator Artwork! http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/2010/02/elevator-artwork/ http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/2010/02/elevator-artwork/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:07:39 +0000 elevatorpreservation http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/?p=279 Jack Bultman Jr, stopped in recently at C.J. Anderson & Company  and was suprised to have seen an old CJA Car Switch hanging on the wall here in the office. He stopped and said that he had one that looked amazingly similar and that his Dad, Jack Sr, had made a lamp out of it.  Without hesitation I asked Jack to take photographs of it and e-mail them to me.

Along the photos Jack added the following history behind it.

 

The background for this unique piece was my Dad worked at Lietelt elevator works in Grand Rapids Michigan from 1959 until 1960 building the controllers for Montgomery Elevator. One day the construction Super talked him into going to work for them.

Dave Otten gave me, Jack Jr.,  the fixture in 1996 to give to my dad.  My Dad built the lamp in 1998. When my dad past away in 1999 my mother gave it to me to keep in the family. Underneath it is my dad’s original gang box that Montgomery gave him to work out of. I remember as a kid the thing always being in our garage somewhere piled high with junk. My dad made it into a table as you see there around the same time as the lamp.

All I can say is very cool!  I hope this piece stays in the Bultman family but if you’re ever looking for another home for it please let us know.

]]> http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/2010/02/elevator-artwork/feed/ 1 A.B. SEE Car Switch http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/2010/01/a-b-see-car-switch/ http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/2010/01/a-b-see-car-switch/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:59:30 +0000 elevatorpreservation http://www.elevatorpreservation.com/?p=261 Found this old car switch for sale over on ebay. This unit which was taken out of an old hotel sold for $300 which was a steal to the winning bidder. A very cool piece of elevator memoribilia and one that would have looked great in any office, bar or garage.  Don’t send any e-mails, this is long gone to the highest bidder. If you’re interested in a new car switch check this out. http://www.cjanderson.com/carswitches.aspx 

If you’re interested in checking out some other cool car switches visit Elevator Bob’s website by clicking the following link;  http://www.elevatorbobs-elevator-pics.com/car_switch_p1.html 

Thanks to Bob for putting together this great photo website!

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