Disneyland Vault Door

[djed]

[Safecrackin Sammy]

Beautiful!

Three banger time lock but only one indirect drive combination lock...

Looks like it hasnt been serviced in awhile.. I see fingerprint and spot rust marks..

Mickey needs to get busy with some polish and oil...

[pemlock]

I once stayed in a hotel in New Orleans where the foyer used to be a bank. They had kept the really beautiful vault door, fixed in open position on display so to speak, but covered it with a plexiglass pane to keep people from poking around in the mechanism.

[jwrm22]

Thank you for sharing! I quite like these old safe doors.

[sign216]

I once stayed in a hotel in New Orleans where the foyer used to be a bank. They had kept the really beautiful vault door, fixed in open position on display so to speak, but covered it with a plexiglass pane to keep people from poking around in the mechanism.

Pemlock,

I stayed there! I think the foyer now has a small restaurant or in it. Can't quite recall the name.

Joe

[pemlock]

I once stayed in a hotel in New Orleans where the foyer used to be a bank. They had kept the really beautiful vault door, fixed in open position on display so to speak, but covered it with a plexiglass pane to keep people from poking around in the mechanism.

Pemlock,

I stayed there! I think the foyer now has a small restaurant or in it. Can't quite recall the name.

Joe

I did an archeological dig and found some pictures. It was in 2002, so not a great picture with the camera I had back then...


The hotel was called "The Whitney" and was in an old building just outside the French Quarters, looking a little out-of-place when the rest of the block had been replaced by glass, steel and concrete...


... and I see that it still is in business: http://www.whitneyhotel.com/

Anyway, getting a little off-topic, but I thought it could serve as an idea on what to do with an old vault door.

[Brosway79]

Very cool!

[sign216]

I once stayed in a hotel in New Orleans where the foyer used to be a bank. They had kept the really beautiful vault door, fixed in open position on display so to speak, but covered it with a plexiglass pane to keep people from poking around in the mechanism.

Pemlock,

I stayed there! I think the foyer now has a small restaurant or in it. Can't quite recall the name.

Joe

I did an archeological dig and found some pictures. It was in 2002, so not a great picture with the camera I had back then...


The hotel was called "The Whitney" and was in an old building just outside the French Quarters, looking a little out-of-place when the rest of the block had been replaced by glass, steel and concrete...


... and I see that it still is in business: http://www.whitneyhotel.com/

Anyway, getting a little off-topic, but I thought it could serve as an idea on what to do with an old vault door.

Pemlock,

I recognize that hotel! Originally called The Pavillion, and a landmark for 100+ years. I think it was purchased and re-done just a while ago, the old construction was largely removed because it's need old-school repair methods, which took a lot of time and a lot of skill. Sad, but change is inevitable.

Joe