So that would be the motor then if it is connected to pulleys, which I would assume would be connected to the elevator as far as for the ride immersion. (I know in reality there are huge motors actually linked to the actual ride vehicles that either lift, or pull the ride vehicles up and down the shaft)
I have been building a replica of the Tower of Terror Boiler room for 4 yrs in an enclosed patio at my home. The plan is that it will go next to the motorized elevator doors, and intend to make the faux elevator motor have a rotating drive wheel that will move in one direction or the other and spin at a speed reflected by the elevator dial arm in the set. When the elevator car plunges, will have a cold spark machine shoot out sparks from the motor.
Thanks that is exactly what I was hoping to find! The Tower Hotel was supposedly built in the early 1900's since it was founded in 1919, so I would assume the elevator equipment would be from 1919 or before. I just looked at the elevator page linked, and it has a Otis catalogue from 1914 which is PERFECT resource for the equipment I might anticipate the mythical Tower Hotel would use; thanks a million!
Another type of detail I would love to replicate.
After all the ride elevators were made by otis
Now that I am retired, working on this project is pretty much my full-time job.
Most of the set and some of the props were made by a set company in vegas, that does alot of work for the various shows. All the programming of the controllers done and most of the other props were done by a professional escape room guy (I absolutely LOVE the elevator control panel replica he made) ; I actually did very little of the work.
