Malmen Airbase: Road maintenance Soundscape
Malmens Flygplats (Malmen Airbase) in Linkoping Sweden have been in operation since 1913 but military activities in the area goes back much…
Lift from the early 1900s, Inside (1)
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About the sound
Inside a lift from the early 1900s made by Luth & Roséns Elektriska AB in Stockholm, probably under ownership of ASEA. This lift is placed in an old Jugend-styled residential built in 1902.
The lift is placed in a semi-open metal shaft and goes from the ground floor up to the fourth, the fifth is attic and storage. To enter the lift one has to first open a metal door the leads into the shaft, thereafter a second metal-barred door which slides right grants access to the lifts insides. Inside the lift there is a little folding seat and a large lamp in the top. It can manage a total of three persons at a time.
Recorded by: Erik Pålsson
Photo by: Erik Pålsson
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