| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by johnneyw at 23:10, 4th October 2023 |      |
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.
Or the top of a double decker if you remember Marty Feldman commuting in "A Day in the Life of a Stuntman".
| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by froome at 17:56, 4th October 2023 | |
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.
| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by Electric train at 16:55, 4th October 2023 | |
However the Spiral escalator switched on in 1906 did not work https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/spiral-escalator-engineering-wonder-ahead-its-time
| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by Hal at 14:48, 4th October 2023 | |
Paternoster lifts
| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by grahame at 10:41, 4th October 2023 | |
Travelators? Ski lifts?
Ski lifts - yes, agreed. I guess I think of a travelator as a flat escalator ...
| Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:29, 4th October 2023 | |
Travelators? Ski lifts?
| First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911 Posted by grahame at 07:18, 4th October 2023 | |
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?
