Very Nice 2000 KONE Monospace MRL Traction Elevator @ Paulsvägen 3, Korsholm, Ostrobothnia, Finland

Filmed on 03.08.2020.

This is during the second, August 2020 trip to Ostrobothnia, I filmed about 75 more elevators during that trip (46 of them in Vaasa / Vasa).

This is inside one of the residential buildings in Korsholm (Mustasaari), and the elevator is a KONE Monospace with Sigma fixtures, and this one has texts in both official languages, just as it should be.

Otherwise, in Korsholm (Mustasaari) I also filmed a weird and rare late 1983- built Geijer-Hissi OY (upgraded by KONE in 1989) at the beautiful Hotel Vallonia in a postmodern style, a 1988 VALMET-OTIS, a few KONE Monospace elevators from 1999-2000 with Sigma Fixtures and a 1990 KONE M in accessible residential buildings. I know the health care center was partly built in 1981, but from what I saw on the outside, it had been replaced with a Monospace or I didn't check the older part of it, and at the moment due to the current pandemic, wouldn't have checked it yet, but maybe next time I visit Korsholm (Mustasaari).

BASIC INFORMATION

Location: Pauligvägen / Paulintie 3, Korsholm / Mustasaari (Very close to Vaasa / Vasa), Österbotten / Pohjanmaa / Ostrobothnia Region, Finland

Brand: KONE
Type: KONE Monospace MRL Traction, Ecodisc, KONE Sigma Fixtures

Year installed: Early 2000 (Turning 20 years old in 2020)

Floors served: 5 (*K*, 1, 2, 3, 4)
Capacity: 8 persons or 630 kg
Serial: H 70232

MORE INFORMATION

There is just something special about Ostrobothnia, as per the language situation - just a slight majority of the population in Ostrobothnia still have Swedish as their native language, most of the elevators have all their texts in both official languages (Swedish and Finnish) and also there are still quite a lot of original elevators in that region. During 01-03.August 2020, I also filmed some elevators in Korsholm (Mustasaari), close to Vaasa, where I hadn't been before, more elevators in Jakobstad / Pietarsaari as well as in Nykarleby (First visit), and also rode the Kovjoki Heritage Railway (Though the observation tower and town hall I could not yet visit because the first has its roof being renovated until Spring 2021, the latter was just closed because it was a Sunday, but I hope that will be possible as soon as the renovation of the roof is ready, and it also has to be on a business day).