If you come to Greenwich in London there is a pedestrian tunnel under the River Thames which has huge octagonal lifts at either end, you could probably get 100 people in. Originally hydraulic, the docks hydraulic supply was shut down and the lifts were substantially refurbished a few years ago with new cars (being out of action for about a year). They're still manually operated and they still have all the original wooden interiors, which at refurbishment were painstakingly transferred across from the old to the new cars - having ridden in the old ones there's no difference in sensation at all.

Can't find a photo of the car but here's the head house over the top of it.

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

Some of us used it to get to Greenwich at the recent FT London Do.