Providence, RI: Rockin’ the Gauntlet at Providence College (20 Elevators)

(4-27-2024, 4-27-2025, and 3-28-2026) These are the elevators at Providence College in Providence, RI. Installer: Payne Type: Geared Overhead Drive Traction Installed: 1925 Speed: 100 FPM Capacity: 3000 Pounds Fixtures: Payne Black Buttons Distance: 2 Floors Floors Served: G, *1 Doors: Left 2-Speed Installer: ThyssenKrupp Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2006 Speed: 80 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds Buttons: Older Yellow ThyssenKrupp Traditional Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: B, *1, 2 Doors: Single-Slide Installer & Modernizer: Unknown Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic (Formerly Geared Bottom Drive Traction) Installed: 1936 First Modernization: Late 1960s - Early 1970s Second Modernization: 2007 Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 2000 Pounds Former Buttons (Original & First Modernization): Unknown Current Buttons (Second Modernization): PTL Performer Distance: 4 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat (Second Modernization) Floors Served: *1, 2, 3, 4 Doors: Right 2-Speed (Fake 3-Speed) Installer: OTIS Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2013 Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds (North), 3500 Pounds (South) Buttons: OTIS Series 5 Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: LL, *1, 2 Doors: Left Single-Slide (North), Right Single-Slide (South) Installer: Payne Modernizer: Unknown Type: Geared Bottom Drive Traction Installed: 1948 Modernized: 2018 Speed: 100 FPM Capacity: 3500 Pounds Former Fixtures: Payne Black Buttons Current Fixtures: PTL Centurion Distance: 4 Floors Floors Served: LL, *1, 2, 3 Doors: Left 2-Speed Installer: OTIS Type: GEN2 MRL Traction Installed: 2018 Speed: 200 FPM Capacity: 4000 Pounds Buttons: Newer OTIS Series 2 Vandal-Resistant Distance: 4 Floors Floors Served: LL, *1, 2, 3 Doors: Right 2-Speed Installer: OTIS Modernizer: Unknown Type: Geared Overhead Drive Traction Installed: 1919 Modernized: 1980s Speed: 150 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds Former Buttons: OTIS Pre-Lexan Current Buttons: Circle Adams Classic Distance: 6 Floors Floors Served: B, *1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Doors: Right Single-Slide Installer: Unknown Modernizer: OTIS Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic (Formerly Dry-Powered) Starter: Solid-State (Formerly Wye-Delta) Installed: 1972 Modernized: Late 1990s Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds Former Buttons: Unknown Current Buttons: Older OTIS Series 2 Vandal-Resistant Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat (Formerly Unknown) Floors Served: G, *1, 2 Doors: Right Single-Slide Installer: OTIS Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2005 Speed: 100 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds Buttons: OTIS Series 1 Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: LL, *1, 2 Doors: Center-Opening Installer: Dover Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 1992 Speed: 100 FPM Capacity: 2500 Pounds Buttons: Dover Impulse Distance: 2 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: *1, 2 Doors: Left Single-Slide Installer: OTIS Type: GEN2 MRL Traction Installed: 2017 Speed: 200 FPM Capacity: 4000 Pounds Buttons: Newer OTIS Series 2 Vandal-Resistant Distance: 4 Floors Floors Served: LL, *1, 2, 3 Doors: Center-Opening Installer: ThyssenKrupp Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2006 Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 5000 Pounds Buttons: Custom ThyssenKrupp Impulse Distance: 4 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: B, G, *1, 2 Doors: Right 2-Speed Installer: OTIS Type: Inground Submersible Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2001 Speed: 100 FPM Capacity: 2100 Pounds Buttons: OTIS Series 1 Distance: 2 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: *1, 2 Doors: Right Single-Slide Installer: OTIS Type: Inground Submersible Hydrofit Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2016 Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 2100 Pounds Buttons: Newer OTIS Series 2 Vandal-Resistant Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: *LL, 1, 2 Doors: Right Single-Slide Installer: Schindler Type: Inground Submersible / 330A Hydraulic Starter: Solid-State Installed: 2013 Speed: 125 FPM Capacity: 3500 Pounds Buttons: Schindler HT Vandal-Resistant Distance: 3 Floors Motor Pitch: B-Flat Floors Served: l, *1, 2 Doors: Left SIngle-Slide Installer: OTIS Type: GEN2 MRL Traction Installed: 2018 Speed: 200 FPM Capacity: 3500 Pounds Buttons: Newer OTIS Series 2 Distance: 3 Floors Floors Served: LL, *1, 2 Doors: Left Single-Slide Installer: Schindler Type: 3300 XL MRL Traction Installed: 2025 Speed: 200 FPM Capacity: 5000 Pounds Buttons: EPCO Endurance Distance: 5 Floors Floors Served: *LL, 1, 2, 3, 4 Doors: Left Single-Slide Installer: Payne Type: Inground Dry-Powered Hydraulic Starter: Wye-Delta Installed: 1981 Slap-On Modded: 2010s Speed: 120 FPM Capacity: 4000 Pounds Call Stations & Former COP: Payne Current COP: Innovation Universal Distance: 4 Floors Motor Pitch: C Floors Served: B, *1, 2, 3 Doors: Single-Slide Elevators and Friends by Alexander S Elevators Copyright 2026