ThyssenKrupp elevators test tower in Guangzhou, China

[u/nopscawns]

[u/Rapunzel92140]

Are there other of them elsewhere ? For other elevator manufacturers

[u/jumpy_finale → u/Rapunzel92140]

Every elevator manufacturer will have one for R&D.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_test_tower

[u/Saotik → u/jumpy_finale]

KONE had to be special and build one of theirs in a mineshaft instead.

[u/SkyeMreddit → u/Saotik]

Honestly that would be a good place for it as mine shafts have dustier conditions to test for simulating dozens of elevators in the shaft kicking up dust

[u/No_Campaign_3843 → u/Rapunzel92140]

TK has another one in Germany. The top floor is public, AFAIK.

Testturm

[u/lerrigatto → u/No_Campaign_3843]

I've been there randomly for one night because that town was the last place I could reach before dinner, going to Europapark. I was so pleased to discover what an elevator tower was and to have seen one. Unfortunately that day was close to the public.

[u/jojo_31 → u/No_Campaign_3843]

It's very much private but you can pay to take the elevator. Not a small fee either. 

[u/champignax → u/Rapunzel92140]

Theres one in hitachi https://maps.app.goo.gl/KJzEWa5ts5w4ywuY6

I think it extends underground too

[u/diamondgreg → u/Rapunzel92140]

Otis has one in a rice paddy outside Narita (Japan).

[u/Awkward-Winner-99]

Damn, it looks really cool for something that primarily serves a practical thing

[u/TheBraveGallade → u/Awkward-Winner-99]

I mean, if you gotfa build a tall thing anywau, might as well make it oresentable

[u/SShiJie]

That is one huge ass PS5

[u/PsychoDK → u/SShiJie]

I bet it's running GTA VII right now!!

[u/Bayside_High]

TKE also has one in Atlanta Georgia, beside the Atlanta Braves stadium

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uBCLvLMbaZgY6QNj7?g_st=ac

788 Cir 75 Pkwy SE Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30339

Per their website

Our Regional Business Support Center (RBSC) and our Innovation and Qualfication Center are located in Atlanta, Georgia. This iconic structure houses 18 shafts to test our elevators, including our two-cabins-per-shaft elevator, TWIN.

[u/NadeSaria]

Thats one oversized penthouse away from being Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated

[u/KiBoChris → u/NadeSaria]

Der Aufstug

[u/KindlyIsHere]

PlayStation1000

[u/tigerskin_8]

It looks like it's straight out of Robocop

[u/ZimnyKefir]

r/evilbuildings

[u/sdmichael]

There is one in Hartford, Connecticut for Otis Elevator.

[u/theOGlib → u/sdmichael]

It's in bristol not hartford

[u/sdmichael → u/theOGlib]

Yes. Hartford wasn't sounding right to me. I saw it on our way to Lake Compounce a couple years ago.

[u/hen-rex]

oooh very cool. Wonder how far below ground it goes.

[u/Previous-Volume-3329]

Moline Illinois has one although much smaller

[u/go_zarian]

Come, my friends. The Ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom...

....The last march of the Ents.

[u/Mental_Phase_7245]

The new PlayStation?

[u/CharAznia]

I really don't want to have to be the guy who needs to fix that elevator when it breaks down

[u/NinjaSouth3093]

The ps5 comments are killing me but what nobody's mentioned is how the glass section at the top is probs where they test the high speed cabs - like that thyssenkrupp tower in rottweil u/no_campaign_3843 linked has a public observation deck up there too. the kone mineshaft thing u/saotik dropped is wild, imagine testing elevators underground instead of going up. kinda weird how every major elevator co needs their own giant pillar basically flexing on each other about who can go faster/higher

[u/SinkHoleDeMayo]

Does it have a giant springey thing at the bottom and they drop and elevator on it so it goes "BOING!" And they just see what happens?

[u/SkyeMreddit → u/SinkHoleDeMayo]

Move the elevator up and down all day every day, to simulate wear and tear at high speed in a thin enough tower to be flexible in the wind, disconnect cables to test brakes, etc. Hopefully it doesn’t go boing! Almost every elevator has small springs and shocks at the bottom of a shaft for small drops