Finding a place to park (pic)

Heyseed · Feb 17, 2016

Ran across this image and was wondering if any of the older folks on her ever saw something like it. I have seen smaller modern versions but this thing is several stories tall. I wonder what type of power they used to move it. Even as light as the older cars are that is a lot of weight.

Dick2 · Feb 17, 2016

Real estate agents probably didn't like it because it required less ground space. Original mechanisms were probably slow and noisy. I believe that I've seen pics of more modern lifts but they put them inside a building in later ones and not stack them as high as that one.

gtractorfan · Feb 17, 2016

Looks like dominoes waiting to happen. Must not have panned out, don't see those around nearby.

Steve@Advance · Feb 17, 2016

Can you imagine what that would cost to build!

Brown Swiss · Feb 17, 2016

How does that work, like a big bucket elevator?

Tech 7 · Feb 17, 2016

It may not have worked for cars but they may have used the concept in vending machines.

Steamboat · Feb 17, 2016

AH HA! Now I know where Mitt Romney got his idea for an elevator for his car at his new house in California!!

RBoots · Feb 17, 2016

Good thing cara nowdays have automatic everything. Can you imagine what a mess that would be with all the stupid drivers!? If their GPS didn't tell them to stop, they'd drive off the edge. I tell ya, IDIOTS today!

Ross

Interesting way to park though...

37chief · Feb 17, 2016

Doubt the average man could afford to use that elevator. It looks like a lot of the cars were the high end models. Stan

Heyseed · Feb 17, 2016

I was thinking the same thing Stan, looks like Valet parking for an expensive hotel.

Mike M · Feb 17, 2016

Didn't hot wheels have something like that ?

Cory Schmidt · Feb 17, 2016

guessing Like a elevator or farris wheel.... cables/pullies and a massive motor...

Did a little digginghttp://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-car-parking-machine/query/chicago

mj · Feb 17, 2016

(quoted from post at 17:03:49 02/17/16)
guessing Like a elevator or farris wheel.... cables/pullies and a massive motor...

Did a little digginghttp://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-car-parking-machine/query/chicago

It looks like the already parked cars are working as a counterweight as more are loaded - that would cut down on the size of the motor required. 8)

jm. · Feb 17, 2016

Real common or almost the norm in Japan. Don't know that I have ever seen one more than about 6 cars high but more modern version of that set up is just about ever where there is room to put one.

Dr. Walt · Feb 18, 2016

Now for the $64,000. question.

If the owner of a car on one of the upper levels wants to go somewhere,

do ALL of the lower level cars have to be unloaded just to get "His" car off?

Heyseed · Feb 18, 2016

Hey Doc, It looks like it is a continuous belt type thing. Each car is on a platform that pivots. Someone said like a bucket excavator.

David G · Feb 19, 2016

I would want mine to be on the top of all those dripping oil, what a mess.

showcrop · Feb 19, 2016

(quoted from post at 06:58:19 02/18/16) Now for the $64,000. question.

If the owner of a car on one of the upper levels wants to go somewhere,

do ALL of the lower level cars have to be unloaded just to get "His" car off?

Go and pick something up from the dry cleaners', you will see how they work.

Heyseed · Feb 19, 2016

I looked online and found other pics, it was about 1936 in Chicago.

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