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Title: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: grahame on October 04, 2023, 07:18:54 The first escalator on the London Underground (and on public transport?) was switched on this day (4th October) in 1911, though they had been in use in Harrods and perhaps other places for many years
https://ask.funtrivia.com/askft/Question16506.html Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them? Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: IndustryInsider on October 04, 2023, 10:29:47 Travelators? Ski lifts?
Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: grahame on October 04, 2023, 10:41:43 Travelators? Ski lifts? Ski lifts - yes, agreed. I guess I think of a travelator as a flat escalator ... Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: Hal on October 04, 2023, 14:48:07 Paternoster lifts
Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: Electric train on October 04, 2023, 16:55:39 However the Spiral escalator switched on in 1906 did not work https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/spiral-escalator-engineering-wonder-ahead-its-time
Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: froome on October 04, 2023, 17:56:34 Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them? If you watch James Bond films, trains seem to be as well. ;D Title: Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Post by: johnneyw on October 04, 2023, 23:10:15 Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them? If you watch James Bond films, trains seem to be as well. ;D Or the top of a double decker if you remember Marty Feldman commuting in "A Day in the Life of a Stuntman". This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |