Lower terminal loading area.Diesel backup mover.View up the lift line.Another view of the bottom bullwheel.View down the lift line.Unload ramp and top bullwheel from below.Half tower 18 and fixed bullwheel.Counterweight.
Same concept. Hall built the most of this style of drive terminal, but they were by no means the only ones. Mueller built quite a few, and Heron did as well.
I would say that that is most likely not a diesel engine for backup, unless its an old 6.2 detroit or the notorious olds diesel. To me it looks more like
Could this be the original Summit Double from Gunstock, NH? It was installed in 1962 and had a similar-looking return terminal as per pictures on newenglandskihistory.com. In addition, the counterweight setup looks like those found on lifts like the Summit Double that started in buildings. In any case, this is definitely a cool early-model Mueller lift.
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What brand of tower is the half tower 18 and the first tower
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First portal tower is Mueller, half-tower 18 is Riblet.
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Is this a vault drive? This is a beautiful lift!!!
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No, all the drive machinery is in the enclosure under the bullwheel.
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Why does the drive look like a Hall?
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Same concept. Hall built the most of this style of drive terminal, but they were by no means the only ones. Mueller built quite a few, and Heron did as well.
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I would say that that is most likely not a diesel engine for backup, unless its an old 6.2 detroit or the notorious olds diesel. To me it looks more like
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a chevy small block or a big block
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Could this be the original Summit Double from Gunstock, NH? It was installed in 1962 and had a similar-looking return terminal as per pictures on newenglandskihistory.com. In addition, the counterweight setup looks like those found on lifts like the Summit Double that started in buildings. In any case, this is definitely a cool early-model Mueller lift.
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