Going Up — Scenic Elevator

We received an e-mail last week from a reader named Francesco who asked for a photo of the scenic elevators on Eurodam. We were a little suspicious, as Francesco’s e-mail address indicated that he works for Schindler, the company installing the elevators.

Nonetheless, we prevailed upon Chief Officer Andre van Schoonhoven who graciously went out and took a photo of the exterior of one of the scenic elevators. There will be four of these external glass-walled elevators on Eurodam.

The elevator looks a little ratty, with its protective plastic coating in tatters. Andre explained that the yard had just finished what he called the hose test, which enables them to determine whether the glass-walled elevators leak.