Going up
Kone Elevator technicians Jeff Combe, foreground, and Mike Ison prepare to place a normal terminal stopping device atop the elevator cab they have been building at Keesler Medical Center. Elevator 1 is the first of the three-bank elevators in the rear of the main medical center building, being completely replaced. It should be operational this month. Work on all three elevators should be completed early next year. The original elevators were installed when the medical center was constructed in 1957. First Lt. Zane Holland, the medical center’s director of plant operations, said the new elevators will be about 3-4 inches wider and deeper, enabling them to
accommodate a variety of patient beds and increasing the number of elevators
available to transport patients. They also will have the newest technology, will be more reliable and meet current safety codes. The two “A-Tower” elevators in the front of the main building were refurbished earlier with new wall coverings and ceilings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)