Perfect place to put a hidden floor. I was half expecting to see a room full of mythical creatures playing poker or something.

@flower-ld5id

8 жыл бұрын

😂

@iAmTheSquidThing

8 жыл бұрын

You can only see them if you're worthy.

@margaretmadole

8 жыл бұрын

I want to write that story now. Badly. Someone at least needs to put it in the next James Bond.

@iAmTheSquidThing

8 жыл бұрын

Margaret Madole It would still make more sense than Spectre.

@BlamBlamuwu

8 жыл бұрын

for the real hidden floor you have to ride on top of the lift.

The sign should've said: "You didnt listen, did you?"

@dingdong2103

3 жыл бұрын

The sign said 'further travel not dangerous'

@peterhebden1557

3 жыл бұрын

@@dingdong2103 there was one after saying keep clear stand back

@classicrobloxfindings4261

2 жыл бұрын

oh nice 666 likes

@NovajaPravda

2 жыл бұрын

I am gonna write that, nothing actually happened if you stay

@KlaxontheImpailr

2 жыл бұрын

“There are no Easter eggs here, go away!”

This is one of those things that could work brilliantly if you assume everyone is: A: able bodied B: not an idiot

@lamarepository248

3 жыл бұрын

C: not pushing around a cart

@classicambo9781

2 жыл бұрын

Not trying to load a stretchered patient into it.

@Godfish22

2 жыл бұрын

Or walking a dog on a lead which is afraid to get on. Nearly hung the poor beastie.

@spankyjeffro5320

2 жыл бұрын

That's a major modern design flaw. ALWAYS assume that everyone using it is an idiot, then design accordingly. :P

@chrish.942

2 жыл бұрын

@@spankyjeffro5320 Maybe that was the point of a lot of potentially dangerous, but only if misused, designs. Discouraging idiotic behaviour and possibly some eugenics on the side.

We had one of those in one of my old workplaces. Used to take the apprentices up to the top floor, "forget" to get out, and then do a handstand whilst screaming loudly as it went over the top. Hilarious to see their faces as you came back round upside down, but yes, dangerous. Also, that was back in the days when I could still do a handstand.

@SR.LS.

2 жыл бұрын

Bro a menace

@runner0075

2 жыл бұрын

Mad, but to do at least once in the life.

@o0xTHEcoPlayerx0o

Жыл бұрын

@chu Harry which is why he did a handstand and pretended it did.................

@DH-xw6jp

Жыл бұрын

@chu Harry congratulations, you found the joke.

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

Was anyone ever injured?

I just imagine a grizzled old janitor nonchalantly sweeping up severed limbs every day of his job.

@OHYS

4 жыл бұрын

25 likes after 3 years? This comment is underrated.

@ClarinoI

4 жыл бұрын

@@OHYS Because that's fairly normal in Sheffield, and nothing really to do with the lift in the Arts Tower.

@jasper24601

4 жыл бұрын

ClarinoI hahaha

@artemkras

4 жыл бұрын

None other than Scruffy Scruffington

@germanvisitor2

4 жыл бұрын

@@OHYS Don't worry. The algorithm decided this video is ripe and the likes are coming in.

As a student at the University of Sheffield, I can tell you that the paternoster is not as terrifying as it might look on camera. I use it instead of the stairs when I'm in the Arts Tower - bit of fun in between lectures. A lot of students do refuse to use it though, more because they're scared of it than anything else. Travelling over the top or round the bottom is not inherently dangerous - university just prefers you not to do it. Many people have, I accidentally went round the bottom on my first go! The One Show on the BBC tested Sheffield's paternoster against the ordinary lifts in the building a few years back, and it moves students a lot faster. Particularly those needing to get to the basement floor for a coffee before quickly returning to their lecture. Great to see a bit of Sheffield though, Tom! (:

@solarsatan9000

5 жыл бұрын

Could one ride it all day without getting off without looking suspicious?

@ianroberts6531

4 жыл бұрын

In computing terms the paternoster is lower bandwidth (fewer people per car) than the regular lifts but that is offset by the lower latency (shorter wait for the car to arrive), meaning higher throughput overall. Years ago they used to run the standard lifts with an attendant at peak times and they would only stop at certain floor numbers - you were expected to get the express lift to the nearest available stop to your destination floor and then the paternoster just a couple of floors up or down from there.

@bacul165

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a roundabout...

@AAAyyyGGG

4 жыл бұрын

The reason for not riding over the top or bottom might be something about load (weight) on the mechanism at that point - obviously the lift car has a certain weight but that's known and designed into the system. Passenger weight is more unpredictable... Does anyone know the real reason?

@petravorlickova3727

4 жыл бұрын

@@AAAyyyGGG pičovina je tojedno vole

There was one at a hospital I went to as a medical student. It was great - no need to wait for the main lifts. Of course, everyone rode it all the way around at least once, despite the “get off now or you’ll die” warning. There was a “don’t worry, just stay at the back of the cab and you’ll be fine” sign as you want over the top.

@karinmurphy592

2 жыл бұрын

Had one at my hospital when I was a student nurse in the 80s. I mis-stepped and landed flat on my face with my legs sprawling outside and terrified I'd have my legs sheared off. Never again! Still have the occasional nightmare of going 'over the top'

@AnthonyFlack

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking their main concern is the extra weight causing the transfer mechanism to wear out faster, and I guess if it ever was going to break down it would be right when an unusually heavy car goes around. Potentially leaving you stuck in the top bit.

@weirjwerijrweurhuewhr588

Жыл бұрын

@@karinmurphy592 Going over the top is not dangerous. The one I've used specifically had a sign mentioning it was safe.

@gladtobeangry

Жыл бұрын

Hospitals seem like the right place for this. It keeps out those pesky paraplegics cluttering up your lifts, and for those who inevitably will injure themselves, it's a very short trip to A&E.

“Last floor to alight. Further travel not dangerous” that just encourages people to go up.

@BioYuGi

3 жыл бұрын

It's probably something to do with not wanting people hurriedly trying to get out when it's unsafe to do so. They'd rather someone go over the top than lose a limb

@Whywouldyounot

2 жыл бұрын

Because you can safely ride through the top and bottom in a paternoster. The fear of unbalancing the system shouldn't be a thing. Just tried that the other day in Hamburg. We still have a few of them running

@Alex-nx5wi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Whywouldyounot You are right! My dads Workplace had one. An old wooden kreeky one. And when I was a Kid, I was super afraid of going over the top because I thought it would turn upside down.. After I figured out it doesn't I had to proof my bravery and could go up and down and around all day. Never caused an issue! ^^

@strawtoro

Жыл бұрын

@@Whywouldyounot I was in Hamburg today and went to an office building in Neuer Wall just to ride on a paternoster :)

@tracypetrie3033

Жыл бұрын

I wondered about that also

This may be a bit stupid, but i was imagining that at the top the whole thing got turned upside down and you would end up getting tipped over after what tom said, then when i saw the sign an was really confused. Thank god the video clip cleared things up!

@TomScottGo

9 жыл бұрын

Riotlight There's an old legend about introducing new students to it by letting them watch you go "over the top" -- disappearing standing upright, and reappearing standing on your hands!

@mrnice4434

9 жыл бұрын

Riotlight I thought the same :)

@jeremyj.5687

9 жыл бұрын

Riotlight In the city I used to live in, Hattingen, there is a paternoster installed in the city hall that actually *does* turn the "baskets" upside down! But it has a mechanical weight detector that stops it if there is anything in the basket before it does that last leg above the last exit.

@anjwiz

9 жыл бұрын

The board at 1:13 says "Further travel NOT dangerous." That seems to indicate it's perfectly safe to stay in the lift when it changes direction at the top.

@MinecraftEpicPlayer

9 жыл бұрын

anjalixz Probably because it is safe but it causes them trouble

Theres one of these in the danish parliment. Theyre apparently very useful for escaping journalists.

@fish3977

7 жыл бұрын

We Finns have one too! or at least we had, I dunno if it is being replaced during renevation.

@typograf62

7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the Danish Parliament paternoster is still marked "I Fart" (meaning "running").

@vondahe

4 жыл бұрын

typograf62 It translates to “in motion” and no. Those old buttons were only used on ordinary lifts as anyone can see the paternoster’s continuous movement, thus leaving such status lamps superfluous.

@kaasmeester5903

4 жыл бұрын

Quite useful to have in parliament. When the revolution comes, this thing can be used as an "assembly line" style guillotine...

@andersbuchjeppesen5493

4 жыл бұрын

I’m Danish and can confirm that “i fart” means “in motion”, although the direct translation is “in speed” I believe it’s meant to be interprétated as “in motion”

I have literally had nightmares involving elevators that worked like this. I had no idea they were real.

@numtee2608

Жыл бұрын

same

@johsy

Жыл бұрын

You probably died in one of those in your past life

@sapientia_et_virtus

Жыл бұрын

Same here! My entire life I've been having nightmares about these things and have only just discovered that they exist(ed).

@mustbetheSUN

Жыл бұрын

Oh god I'm glad I'm not the only one

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

Жыл бұрын

Not the "fault" of the machine!

I love it, putting personal irresponsibility back into daily activities.

@Vekikev1

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I assume it's called a Paternoster because you have to say a prayer before you get on the bloody thing.

@Makron5

7 жыл бұрын

It's called that because it mimics prayer beads, but it might as well be for that reason.

@kantoros

7 жыл бұрын

i think its more of a: pater-noster patro = floor/storey nosit = move/lift(up) so lifting-storey

@Remogeus

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, it is because the design of the paternoster reminds of a rosary beads used as an aid for reciting... well, the Pater Noster prayer - but I know the name reminds of that in Czech because they are still used in some places here (we have one in one of faculties here - in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology)

@mememaster147

7 жыл бұрын

I'm more convinced by the 'pater noster, qui est in caelis' explanation myself.

@totalrandomness4543

6 жыл бұрын

Jindrich Petr Kantor Pater-father Noster- our

This lift is bloody brilliant. On a school trip to Sheffield University, our English teacher encouraged us all to under-ride the Paternoster (while she distracted the staff member escorting us round the Uni). It was as much fun as a lift can possibly be. Which, surprisingly, is quite a lot.

@HarryWizard

8 жыл бұрын

what was it like going under? I am yet to see any videos of going under, only over

@feargalb7913

8 жыл бұрын

Zephane It was very much like going over, just the other way around really. I think there was a little mechanics showing but other than that was just dark.

@AkbarNurPribadi

4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely teacher

@nendwr

4 жыл бұрын

Underriding can be useful, if you have no shame about queue-jumping.

@jessicaweinshenker1659

3 жыл бұрын

FergieTheSeagull hahaha, what an awesome.

I like how there's graffiti on the walls past the point of no return so obviously some rebellious teens took this for a joy ride

@Cjnw

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the MEWT contribution

@eamurdock

4 ай бұрын

I'm gonna guess that 95% of university of Sheffield students take the ride over the top. I can't think why one wouldn't.

The “escalator” of “elevators”.

Daub some red hand print smears along the top of the shaft as it goes around, just to freak out people who decide to ride it in a loop ;-)

@werwolf1257

6 жыл бұрын

James Grimwood I will do it if I can

@xorbe2

5 жыл бұрын

Easy there, Satan!

@jspafford

4 жыл бұрын

James Grimwood and put a large garbage disposal at the bottom.

@La_sagne

3 жыл бұрын

i did ride it as a loop alot as a kid

1:08 It says it isn't dangerous to go over the top

@TomScottGo

9 жыл бұрын

samramdebest Yep. I never said it was! But I really didn't want to get trapped up in the top, there. [Edit to make clear: "dangerous" refers to the open shaft you can fall into and the exposed floors that can trap parts of you!]

@seanboyd2898

9 жыл бұрын

***** I gather that it wasn't successful?

@jonnypanteloni

9 жыл бұрын

samramdebest the contradictory implications of the laminated sign at 0:58 and 1:07 are silly!

@MrSamliffe

9 жыл бұрын

***** This is in Sheffield, not London.

@zeddash

9 жыл бұрын

***** It's not dangerous to the person but it can damage the lift - they don't contradict each other.

We have about 50 working paternosters in Czech Republic. Come and see them!:)

@erinmcgrathejm4985

4 жыл бұрын

I have! Prague City Hall (yes, I was respectful). I also saw another near Wenceslas Square, but you needed a code to get in the glass doors (a needed precaution against overuse, I’m sure!)

@stepanpavlica4841

3 жыл бұрын

@@erinmcgrathejm4985 or the one in Zlín's 21 building, where the office lift exists

@deusexaethera

3 жыл бұрын

No. I refuse to ever embark on something with such an obviously flawed design.

@varbalvarbal

3 жыл бұрын

Quite a few in Hungary, too.

@soaringvulture

3 жыл бұрын

Is that because you're famous for defenestration?

Ten years ago I briefly worked in a hotel in Amsterdam (the former Scheepvaarthuis) that had a paternoster lift! It wasn't in use anymore since they get significantly more dangerous when you throw drunk/high tourists with suitcases in the mix, but they were still fully operational. They were turned on upon request or for special occasions, but every time we did guests would complain about the noise. Older people who had formerly worked in the building always came in to see them, and often expressed disappointment about not being able to ride them one last time.

Well, SOMEONE has been to the top that shouldn't have been, judging by the graffiti scrawled on the wall. xD

@andyowens5494

5 жыл бұрын

Rabid Raccoon Yep, quite a few of us used to; as long as you are balanced and dont move about, its fine. (1987 BSc Physics).

@shawnpitman876

4 жыл бұрын

@Programming Noob Probably because they unbalanced the whole thing and got it shut down.

@DaniFold

4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnpitman876 how is that possible?

@mickys8065

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaniFold rule of archemides, if the weight going down is equal to the weight going up there is very little energy needed to move them, now on the main chain on the lift the weight of people going on and off would be evenly distributed but over the top I imagine the lift would move much more freely and either get caught or just prove too much for the motors to safely handle

@timfischer

3 жыл бұрын

Nah... It can't be balance on the chain... it would have to be designed so that suddenly 2 people on every floor but the top decided to get in and go up, while at the same time nobody was going on. Incredibly unbalanced, but within the realm of possibilities for the system. More likely there's a fractional chance that if a car going over the top got really unbalanced, it could hit the side of the shaft going down. On the normal shafts they could have runners/guides to prevent tilting but moving laterally over the top that's harder to do. I'm sure it's perfectly safe to go over the top (or under the bottom) while standing in the middle.

over 35 years ago, when I was about 9 or 10, our school allowed us to go into Newcastle University to learn basic on print-based teletype terminals running into a HP 2000 Mainframe. The department at the time had a paternoster, and these computer classes were after hours, so there was always a massive temptation to try going over the top. 9-year old me, however, was a wuss and chickened out, despite the imagined promise of gateways into future worlds or at the very least, the sight of some cool machinery. Thank you so much for satisfying a 35 year old curiosity!

@petercumpson6867

3 жыл бұрын

I went to exactly the same computer course! Many years later I became a professor at Newcastle, but they had replaced it with a normal lift 😐

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

Жыл бұрын

@@petercumpson6867 Dang those pussycats!

10 күн бұрын

Chicken! Of course you can go around the top - and bottom is even scarier as it gets dark

My father lived in Germany in the 60s while in the USAF and told me about these. I never really could grasp the concept until now. Thanks for this footage and for going "over the top". Much obliged.

When I was at University of Leipzig (Germany), there was a Paternoster. There it was not forbidden to go over the top or under the lowest floor. And it is not dangerous, as you can see in this video.

@Skylancer727

Жыл бұрын

Well it's warned about as some paternosters are actually just belts with a platform and flip at the top.

I'd say that camera ride was a little over the top. ;-)

@TheJeleb

7 жыл бұрын

Drops2cents that joke was a let down

@bullshitdepartment

4 жыл бұрын

A rollercoaster of emotions

@chrisrandolph1970

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheJeleb Look, we could go round and round all day about this...

@Silverdev2482

4 жыл бұрын

PA-DUM-SHA

@DazzlingPotatoes

4 жыл бұрын

That joke crossed the line

There's one at Northwick Park Hospital, But I've always been to scared to go on it. That and I never knew until recently what happens when you get to the top floor.

@NaoPb

9 жыл бұрын

***** And so we meet again Mr. Bundy... I kinda feel like a stalker, but I guess we just have similar interests.

@Larry

9 жыл бұрын

***** Indeedy, maybe we both just have good tastes in videos :D

@Nicolai0Nerland

9 жыл бұрын

***** It always brightens my day to see your presence of videos I like. c:

@Larry

9 жыл бұрын

Nico Icon aww, bless you :D

@asronome

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Larry! I'm here too...

That wave is probably the cutest thing I’ve seen this week

That brought back awful memory of watching my brother leaving me in the elevator alone while my hands were holding a heavy box. I don't remember how many floors I passed while I was standing there thinking I will live the rest of my life stuck in metal box carrying another box.

@auhsojacosta1672

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds _fun_

With some improvements and some safety features, I can see these things actually being really good. It never stops and it doesn't have to go back and forth to whatever floors the riders are requesting. Of course, you'd need a couple of conventional elevators for handicapped folks or people who otherwise might have an issue getting on and off, but it's really nothing more than a vertical escalator. Maybe optical sensors plus some digital logic and there would be no "guillotine" risk.

@vojtasTS29

2 жыл бұрын

Which is exactly what all of them have.

@brrrrrr

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about idiots

@DanielSultana

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't use optical sensors, I'd use pressure sensors, so not to get false positives

@charredUtensil

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSultana That thing's gonna be loaded with inertia though - by the time it detects pressure, it's far too late.

@juliamonem133

Жыл бұрын

Maybe a pause and go mechanism for rolling cargo?

I looked up and Hitachi is currently developing a more high-tech one. They call it the "Circulating Multi-Car Elevator System" It's on KZread too

@kronasoosanork

9 жыл бұрын

MixEcoSystem I think i've seen that, isn't that the lift that also goes across floors as well as between them?

@kaitlyn__L

9 жыл бұрын

MixEcoSystem i thought of that when i saw this, though the hitachi system doesn't seem to have the constant kind-of-unstoppable motion of this, and passing places etc for the self propelled lifts. the more i watched this video the more i thought the only real similarity was the fact it operates in a circuit, idk.

@kaitlyn__L

9 жыл бұрын

MixEcoSystem this one certainly looks a lot more "we'll be seeing them in 5 years" than the one i (and i think ben too) was thinking of, which is a bit more "maybe in 20 years", imo. the parallel steel ropes looks a better idea right now than MULTI's self propelled lifts, though the MULTI one still allows for lateral motion and taller shafts, so would be nice to see eventually.

@waterlubber

8 жыл бұрын

+ben dover The Wonkavator!!

@TassieLorenzo

3 жыл бұрын

@@kronasoosanork But that's a Wonkavator! :)

I can name at least three different places in Prague that have these, two being publically accessible. Growing up around them, they never struck me as something unusual.

Haha, we have several of them in Prague. Once me and my friend went round and I was also a bit scared. Some young people here are fascinated by those elevators because there are urban legends how it goes around - that it turns upside down, compresses at the top and the bottom etc. It's quite fun to be honest. I had to try and see for myself!

I live quite close to Sheffield, and I've been in that lift. It's kinda thrilling. You know, for a lift.

@LeoKeidran

8 жыл бұрын

Would you say it was... Uplifting...?

@Stealthwilde

8 жыл бұрын

TheGamesters Wa wa waaaaaaa

@wamgoc3637

6 жыл бұрын

Stealthwilde r

This looks really frightening. I would constantly be afraid that I would trip and fall onto the entry and then get snapped in half by the wall as it went up or down.

@DoubleBob

8 жыл бұрын

+yonoid818 Those ropes will stop the elevator as soon as you come into contact.

@randomisoty422

8 жыл бұрын

+FernestHall well, in theory anyway

@DoubleBob

8 жыл бұрын

Kyle McNicoll ...and in practice. Do you think the people, who invented and improved it (over decades) were total idiots?

@Naitasm

8 жыл бұрын

+yonoid818 Well, there's no risk of that, but if you're nervous then don't ever ride these things. MILDLY GRAPHIC INJURY WARNING: I rode this exact lift a couple of years ago (going down), was too slow getting on and really hurt my leg when it got caught on the rapidly-ascending floor. My brain couldn't handle trying to raise my foot to drag it onto the lift and it not doing anything because the floor beneath it is also rising. I ended up panicking and trying to hop on by pushing off of my foot that was still on solid ground - and lemme tell ya. Putting all your weight on the bony protrusion on your instep when your leg's bent at about 60 degrees, before landing a good foot lower down than your brain expects and therefore staggering directly onto that leg, is NOT PLEASANT. 2/10, would only recommend if you're not a clumsy tit like myself.

@xponen

8 жыл бұрын

+LiberatorXIII , yes, I saw videos of people stuck (died) in regular lift exactly like that. You couldn't get into the lift if one of your foot is on an ascending surface. There's case where the brake on the lift fail, so when you step into the lift it trigger the brake, then the counter-weight pull the lift up and squish half of the person.

I remember being caught in one as a child perhaps about five years old. It was at a department store in Bristol (I think) and I got seperated from my parents and went round and up and down without jamming anything: presumably I was too light. Eventually I was freed by my parents and I was in a right old state. It is astounding to me that any of them are still in use.

I still have the occasional flashback to the paternoster in the University of Sussex which was the most terrifying thing I had seen up to that point in my life. This was 1979, and it still ranks in the top five.

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

Жыл бұрын

False Evidence Appearing Real

I like that this is titled "Things You Might Not Know" instead of the more common KZread type of title "X Things you didn't know about _____" the X and the _____ being variable. Tom doesn't seem to assume that everyone but he is ignorant.

am i the only one that thought when the elevator was going over the top that it flipped upside-down?

@ncfly

6 жыл бұрын

no

@slinkytreekreeper

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I was told when a friend took me on it just before it went to the top part. To his dismay I didn't buy his grabbing the walls and bracing while trying to explain it would turn upside down.I wasn't aware they stopped people going over the top though, I think this is still ignored to this day.

@Don69730

6 жыл бұрын

No, why would it do that.

@solarsatan9000

5 жыл бұрын

Well it would discourage people from pissing the it

@haydensanford1987

4 жыл бұрын

Do you think the same way of a ferris wheel? Same principle.

I was an international student there 2 years ago and I was too scared to use that thing. It did help reduce the morning student traffic which was unreal.

There's one in the building of the main post office in Brno, CZ. As a kid I was fascinated by it and with my classmates we would scare ourselves by imagining what happens beyond the top and bottom floors (the cabin folding close, flipping over, spikes, ...). When we were a bit older we would ride through the transition areas as a dare. In the one I know, there is a massive metal wheel on top which turns the whole thing. It is covered in old bubblegums. Once, my friend and I got stuck there. The whole thing stopped and we were trapped until found by the post office workers. I haven't gone through the top or bottom since :o)

I could kill the better part of a day with this thing and a portal gun.

@mibdev

7 жыл бұрын

How? push people into the top? The carts are on fixed rails, so good luck teleporting them.

@neilisbored2177

5 жыл бұрын

@@mibdev Not to mention that if something a portal is on is moving, the portal instantly disappears.

@novakane8722

4 жыл бұрын

@@neilisbored2177 unless ypur cutting pipes with a laser in portal 2

@macaroon_nuggets8008

4 жыл бұрын

@@neilisbored2177 relative to each portal, If both portals are moving at the same speed the wouldn't be moving relative to each other, so they shouldnt disappear.

@coolguy284_2

4 жыл бұрын

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 Time to get technical. In the game code, if any portal is moving (since this is a game there is a concept of absolute motion, and the walls REALLY are stationary), then both portals fizzle and disappear. However, if the rule allow_moving_portals or something like that is set to true, than portals can be moving without fizzle. However, physics near a moving portal is strange: objects cannot pass through, and if you try to go through, as soon as you touch the portal you instantly teleport fully across to the other side.

We had them at Salford University when I was there. One thing we use to do was to go to the top floor and someone would go in and come out doing a head stand. Then we'd push a poor fresher into the lift and watch their face as panic set in as they went higher and higher

@Semiicolin5

8 жыл бұрын

+Martin O'Donnell I might have to try this!

@tomkenning5482

4 жыл бұрын

That'd be bloody useful for the new adelphi now, the lifts there are absolutely useless

@jgt2598

4 жыл бұрын

Huh, I guess it's a good thing nobody panicked enough to try to jump out. You'd probably have found the accidental homicide charges for throwing someone into moving machinery less amusing. Also please never work at a factory.

@barrylongden7

4 жыл бұрын

I went to Salford University in the 80's and went back a few years later (after failing spectacularly) and the whole building had vanished. I had considered jumping off the top floor at one point when things went awray

@salerio61

4 жыл бұрын

@@barrylongden7 The maths tower has gone?

Uhm... I live in Prague... These are in every old building... Going to the doctor in the center? Yep. Visiting your lawyer? Yep. Going to a pub on the top of a building? Yep.

@c.ocadizg.4127

3 жыл бұрын

Leaving drunk from a pub and using this kind of elevators doesn’t seem the best combination...

@DeterminedHaphazard

2 жыл бұрын

@@c.ocadizg.4127 The same thought crossed my mind.

@alisar505

2 жыл бұрын

There are some in Brno too! There’s one in the main post office.

@yosserhughes139

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because the the Czech republic is the antiquated backwoods of Europe.

@packratty

2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe this wasn't on the UseIt guide - will have to go back!

I've ridden in that, it's a lot of fun and I wish they were more common. They're perfectly safe if you're able bodied and you don't prat about.

@ClarinoI

3 жыл бұрын

@@fiftyskoopaklub2982 That's up to you, there's always conventional lifts, or the stairs. You don't have to be that precise though, it's not moving hugely quickly.

@Orwic1

3 жыл бұрын

@@fiftyskoopaklub2982 when I used the lift in 1970s, there was a claim by a few conspiracy theorists that the lift chambers folded flat when they went over, or that they turned upside down. Maybe disappointingly, they don’t!

Exciting AND very dangerous? Someone get BigClive in there right quick!

@ChrisCooper312

7 жыл бұрын

It's not pink though, so can't be that exciting or dangerous.

@buddyclem7328

6 жыл бұрын

For Clive it would have to be a dodgy Chinese "pre-exploded" paternoster.

@ShroudedWolf51

4 жыл бұрын

Exciting, yes. Dangerous...no. Not unless you are looking for a way to injure yourself on purpose.

@derekeastman7771

4 жыл бұрын

ShroudedWolf51 that exposed chain at the top is an accident waiting to happen

@Pidalin

3 жыл бұрын

It's old, so it must be dangerous - logic of western europeans and americans. :-D

Hitachi wants to make a modern paternoster lift with enhanced safety.

The building where I did an internship at 16 had a paternoster and you were allowed to go over the top, it was honestly so cool

This would scare the s*** out of me. I'd be perpetually terrified of falling. Or getting trapped between the wall and the lift. Or forgetting to get out and going over the top.

@MikeyJAllTheWay

9 жыл бұрын

Mt_Xing forgetting to get out and going over the top would be an all too real concern that would no doubt paralyse me with fear.

@AntiGravityC9

9 жыл бұрын

You'd be in for some over the top over the top action.

@ijsjah

9 жыл бұрын

Mt_Xing Its not dangerous to go over the top. If you got scared or stressed its better to say in the bucket going over the top instead of rushing out and hurt yourself that way. Im not saying its /dangerous/ to rush out of the paternoster, please dont curl up inside, never to get off again.

@ShroudedWolf51

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you are looking for a way to get yourself purposely injured, all those fears are completely unfounded.

@jimtaylor294

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShroudedWolf51 Unfortunately Irrational Fears are generally involentry, not easily overcome if at all, and get stronger the longer one is in such a situation.

Hey Tom, University Of Essex, Colchester, have a Paternoster in their Library which if memory serves is 6 floors, so not quite as big as the one in Sheffield. It was still in operation when I graduated in 2005, and I believe it is still going strong - UoE KZreadrs feel free to correct me... It has always been a bit of a 'Right of Passage' for new students (freshers) to be told the perils and dangers of going 'over the top' and 'through the basement' before being dared, or challenged, to 'endure' a full cycle all the way round - in reality you just see the huge chain pulling the cars around and, so long as you keep protrusions clear, there is no danger whatsoever despite the multitude of horrifying warning signs! (My favourite was to tell them that it 'flips over' at the top and bottom, so you have to be ready to rotate and get back on your feet - seeing them brace for the sudden change, then come around smilingly perturbed was delightfully satisfying!) So yeah, thanks for enlightning the world to the existence of the Paternoster Lift, and keep up the good work. :-) Best Regards, Tigger

@tylerburney8576

7 жыл бұрын

You should've went in to demonstrate that it flips over, then when it was at the top do a handstand

@TheJeleb

7 жыл бұрын

John McCulloch I can confirm it is still there and still operating, though I don't remember anyone trying to terrify me or other freshers, quite the opposite actually :)

@BigFella672

5 жыл бұрын

Graduated from Essex last year and it’s still going strong

I went to Birmingham Poly in the 1980s and took the Paternoster up to the top of B block whenever it was working! I loved it. As a small child I was trapped in a lift and became frightened of them, but because the Paternoster was open I didn’t get scared, even when it stopped and you had to be helped out. It helped me get over my fear of lifts. So glad to hear thar Sheffield Uni still has one.

That style of elevator honestly never occurred to me, and frankly it's genius. I really don't see why they can't co-exist with "normal" elevators. Could make a world of difference in large and highly populated buildings where waiting for an elevator is a significant time sink. Like many large downtown office buildings.

@Skylancer727

Жыл бұрын

Because in a disaster you still need stairs so now you're talking stairs for emergencies, a basic elevator for taking heavy gear to your higher floors, and this for foot traffic. It's just too much wasted space in a building as none of these can cover all necessities and this is the one most expendable.

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

Жыл бұрын

@@Skylancer727 I don't think he said anything about not having stairs or "a basic elevator". I think fewer "normal elevators" may be needed as people who had only a brief case would used these would be constantly moving. I think the maximum a building should be for this should be about 10 floors otherwise just have regular elevators.

I remember thinking of something like this elevator when I was young. I didn't think it actually existed, much less had a name.

Going over the top didn't seem to be that dangerous at all.

@TomScottGo

9 жыл бұрын

Walter Tromp Nope, it isn't - and the sign sayd so! But if the lift unbalances slightly, safety mechanisms can cut in and the whole thing can shut down. (That happened, unprompted as far as I could tell, about five minutes after I finished filming.) You won't get hurt, but you might be waiting up there a while!

@TheMrflatlands

9 жыл бұрын

***** Ah, I see. For some reason, I thought that by over the top, you meant that the thing would turn on it's head then it went back down; now that would be something! (probably because in Dutch,, ''over de kop'' means capsizing, which sounds similar to ''over the top'''). Thanks for the video!

@aednil

9 жыл бұрын

Walter Tromp my thought exactly!

@emmey8865

9 жыл бұрын

Walter Tromp kop sounds kinda similar to how we pronounce "kopf" here. (german for head.) New meaning found? .-.

@Fiyaaaahh

9 жыл бұрын

***** Can we start a kickstarter for a modern version which does not have this problem? I hate waiting for elevators so much and this looks awesome.

well, there are several in CZ left and operational :D now I feel even more special

In Czechia, there's about 70 páternoster lifts in total, however only a handful are working and available to the public. I've been to multiple and can say that you might eventually get used to it. The oldest one is in Prague in the building of Czech Radio, it was made in 1920 and installed in 1929 with 18 cabins, reconstructed between 2007-2008. The tallest one (58.5 m) is in Baťa's Skyscraper (AKA Building No. 21) in Zlín with 30 cabins. It takes 195 seconds to get from the 15th to the ground floor, its velocity is 0.3 m/s. It was installed in 1938 and reconstructed between 2018-2019. Apparently the package and letter delivery system was also using the same technology with an automatic tilt mechanism. The second tallest (56.8 m, 35 cabins) is in the Liberec region municipality building in Liberec, installed in 1971. It was reconstructed last year, but 2 months ago, some workers demolished two cabins and the engine room when a ladder they were transporting got stuck (severe safety violation, there are modern lifts in the building), so it's in non-working condition unfortunately. It is not known when it will be running again.

I like you for writing "you might not know" instead of "you don't know".

Can we have a counterpart video of going under?

We have one of these in my city. One day I decided to give it a try. Oh boy was that a mistake. Turns out that I'm not afraid to hop on but I'm terrified of getting of. I gotta admit that I went over the top because I didn't realize that I missed the last floor. Whoops.

The office building where I worked (built in the mid 1960s) had a postal distribution system based on the paternoster principal. When I heard that name I thought it meant it worked if you prayed hard enough! :-)

Why the hell did I get a wheelchair add before this? Is it really that dangerous?

@ShroudedWolf51

4 жыл бұрын

The video has no control over whay advertisements it does or doesn't get.

@Engineer9736

4 жыл бұрын

ShroudedWolf51 It works the other way around. The advertiser gets to know what you are watching.

@Silverdev2482

4 жыл бұрын

*ad

@deusexaethera

3 жыл бұрын

Now imagine trying to get in that thing while riding in a wheelchair.

This brings back memories of uni to me. I know everyone is talking about going over the top, but the real challenge is how many can you fit into a single carriage. It takes timing, teamwork, commitment and for the last person in, some very quick decision making. We managed four but didn't dare do more.

This thing appeared in one of my dreams a couple months back ( i somehow remember it) even though i had no idea these elevators existed.

@boiledelephant

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

Czech Technical University in Prague has 2 of these. And from what I can see in the video, they also have some extra safety features.

Anyone notice the "Trapped!!" and other various graffiti around 1:28 when it went over the top? ;)

This is an amalgamation of all of my worst fears.

there used to be one at Leicester Poly (uni) in a building that has since gone called the James Went building. Really amazing to go in and even more amazing how quickly you got used to it. I do indeed have the pleasure of riding over the top and indeed the bottom. What i found was lots of graffiti from students who had "dared" to be naughty and risk the whole thing closing. Which, considering there were no lifts as an alternative could spark of riots with students having to go up and down stairs. And no i didnt add my signature to the very exclusive club. Well, maybe once :)

Its interesting that most of the UK Paternosters seem to have been installed in Universities. I've ridden one at Leicester University, which I believe was decommissioned a few years ago. Absolutely fascinating things- I'd never even heard of them until I realised I was expected to ride in one. You never entirely get used to that tiny moment of tension when you jump on and off.

@FallingofftheGrid

Жыл бұрын

Alas I never went on the one at Leicester when I was a student there, but I remember seeing it and hearing about it! Alas, it’s long since gone.

That thing looks like it would take body parts in an accident. But at least it will bring them back though. ;P

@LCaddyStudios

3 жыл бұрын

"oh theres my arm"

It was fun telling freshers stories about the paternoster. We once had someone virtually convinced it was hydroelectric powered by a stream that ran deep under the building.

@DH-xw6jp

Жыл бұрын

I mean... Having one of these direct driven from an ever spinning water wheel like an old grain mill would be really cool.

I've been in one, it didn't say anything about not going to it's "turn point''. But as I've crossed it, there was a sign telling that it's safe, an there's no problem with that. It was quite a fun to be in such a thing

I’m from Sheffield and went on a school trip to this University when I was younger. Me and 4 friends all went over the top of this exact lift, and then all the way down and round the bottom, in the same lift carriage, and nothing bad happened 👀 no secret floor, no off-balancing, no upside-down lift carriage, no damage to the lift... makes me wonder why so many people think it’s so dangerous or damaging? Maybe it might get damaged if absolutely everyone did it, but I’m sure it’s completely okay for the odd few people to do it 😅

@Pidalin

3 жыл бұрын

People like to believe to myths and nonsenses. Also parents like to scary kids. :-D

Thank you Tom! I didnt know these existed!

Thanks for uploading this Tom, it took me back to one I used to use at Heathrow Airport in the 1990's. I'm going to show it to my teenage sons, I don't think they'll be able to believe it, hehe.

@lickwish1969

4 жыл бұрын

Used to be one in St. Thomas's hospital Westminster as well. Wonder if it's still running?

Just when I thought normal elevators were the scariest thing in my life....

Managed to have a go on this at Sheffield University's open day last weekend, and was reminded of your video! Thanks for inspiring me to (eventually!) also visit these amazing places

I expected to see "the cake is a lie "

@leehttucec-9985

3 жыл бұрын

The paternoster elevator is very aperture-esque: a little outdated, dangerous compared to its alternatives, yet brings in volunteers because it seems fun :) Really looks like something cave johnson would invest in

@blackaperturemesaresearchl3934

3 жыл бұрын

“Cave Johnson here. This is an elevator. Shaft, cables and pulleys. Good enough for science. Not aperture science. Gentleman, I give you aperture brand paternoster lifts, The elevators of tomorrow.”

Aha! So the cars are NOT inverted as they go over the top -- under the bottom. Again, I learn something new!

This actually gives me severe anxiety, I wouldn't step on that if I was paid to.

In Prague are 28 paternosters still in daily operation and many of them are accessible by the public. In other Czech cities are too. Mostly under Heritage preservation.

They have at least two of these in Copenhagen, Denmark :-D One in Cristiansborg (the Danish parliament building) and one in the KVUC building at Vognmagergade. I've taken a dozen trips with the latter while I studied there. Including the entire way around.

@mibdev

7 жыл бұрын

Funny how many fellow Danes there are here. There's also one in a hospital somewhere, I've ridden that one.

There's one in the Umea University Hospital in Sweden as well

@AppoloniaK

8 жыл бұрын

I spent a full afternoon in that one once, when I had to stay with mum at work. This was in the seventies, so a pater noster was a totally acceptable babysitter. Glory days :-)

@asj3419

6 жыл бұрын

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@MrCuddlyable3

3 жыл бұрын

@HeroesOfTime There is the Umeå University in Umeå in north-east Sweden. Swedes are still searching for a "Umea", perhaps you dreamed it Mr. Hero.

@spkmafia

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrCuddlyable3 Chill out dude.

God damn i saw this video and afterwards had a nightmare about a giant one that just lets you fall off, like im not already terrified of elevators

Back in the 1970's I was at Leicester University and there was one in the Attenborough Building. As I recall, people did sponsored Paternoster rides during Rag Week - they would sit in a car going round and round for hours at a time, all for charity. Crazy but less hazardous than the more popular 3-legged pub crawl, which I know from personal experience to be the cause of many injuries!

wow, I rode one of those like 30 years ago in Switzerland - and I went "over the top" too! Hadn't seen or heard of one since then. Thanks for the vid!

This is effing terrifying for me. Like, getting crushed in an elevator is one of the scariest ways of dying, and I'm clumsy enough to die in one of these.

Clicked on this and unexpectedly learned something about the city I lived in. Will remember this whenever I walk down Paternoster Row. Cheers 😊

Two of the machines that I use at work operate on the paternoster principle. The other 8 use a more modern central lift frame that pulls shelves off of, well shelves basicaly, then bring them down to an area where I can pick the items the order I'm working on needs, then puts that shelf back, and then zooms up/down to pull the next shelf off the racks either side of the frame. Rinse and repeate for each order/item.

Should have done this in Leicester. They expect you to go over and just leave a sign saying no screaming when you do stay on ^^

@adamallen8922

9 жыл бұрын

In fact come see Britain's first post modern building looks like a ship I'm told ^^

@hamzahsajjad7952

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 4 years too late, but Where's the one in Leicester? DMU or UOL?

@joshuabrookes6075

4 жыл бұрын

@@hamzahsajjad7952 UOL, sadly it was removed about 2 years ago because it broke and no one could fix it IIRC, really sad but I'm glad I got to ride it before it shut down

@monicasmalley3336

4 жыл бұрын

@@hamzahsajjad7952 Both unis had one, but I think they've both gone now

@catherinewilson3880

3 жыл бұрын

Rode over the top of the paternoster at Leicester poly in about 1974. It was a bit of an anticlimax tbh.

I've been over the top in that lift. It was less exciting than I had hoped :p

@CooroSnowFox

9 жыл бұрын

Zach Gerstman You expect a lot more then what the reality is

@CooroSnowFox

9 жыл бұрын

***** Wow... I have seen one when the Uni I went to used to have one... I had more problems with getting on/off something that never stopped moving.

Can’t remember which year the Arts tower opened, but I can remember riding on it when my girlfriend was in her second year, back in ‘68. We now have two wonderful children and four delightful grandkids. Ah, happy days.

we had one at Aston University in the 70's (am I giving my age away?) We could get six or seven people at a time in one car, but it had a weight sensor so if too many people climbed on it would grind to a halt. I still have dreams that I am on it, and it is traveling too fast and I cannot get off - 50 years later! BTW, I have seen a much simpler version in vertical food processing facilities such as flour mills, where you have only a foothold and handhold to hand on to. NO WAY you will go over the top on one of those!

@brrrrrr

2 жыл бұрын

You can go to university at any age so technically you arent

The parliament house in Helsinki has one of these! It's pretty fancy.

This is terrifying.

@RCCentralmain

8 жыл бұрын

No, it's uplifting.

@supernaturalswampaids8083

7 жыл бұрын

+RC Central *down bringing

@builderdex

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but half the time it is a let down...

@Annie1962

7 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there!

Took daughter for an open day at Sheffield University last year and we rode this lift. Didn't notice any signs. We went over the top. Highlight of our day. There used to be a similar lift in Northwick Park Hospital marked for staff use only in the 70s/80s but I remember my dad taking me on a ride. 😍

I remember the one at BNFL in Birchwood, Warrington. It went round at unbelievable speed, you had to be quick jumping on/ off.

I must put this on my watch later to build in my red-stone house.

We have a small version in the house, it actually also travels horizontally and it only fits about a microwave oven. Our staff uses it to distribute snacks and drinks across our home.

The library at the University of Essex also has one. It's under refurb currently although finding parts for it has been difficult I've heard.

@thomhollyer4102

2 жыл бұрын

It's up and running again now with some new features!

*"Dangerous, obsolete and quite fun"*

I have a memory of the same kind of things in parking garages, but they were just belts with a combination step / hand grab for use by the attendants.