Half a century ago, it was a real pain in the arse to use the train in London. So they added a “travelator” – not an escalator, mind you, but a climbing, moving walkway. And London was pumped.
Two 85hp engines, 488 pieces of aluminium and three years of work were required to construct the powered walkway, much to the delight of commuting Londoners. It’s worth keeping in mind that 50 years from today, we’ll look back on the frenzy surrounding things like iPads and HDTVs with the same Aw, wasn’t that cute, perspective. [British Pathe]
WhiteDemon
Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM@ 1:15, it probably would have been quicker to run down the centre area between the two ‘moving platforms’.
Matt L
Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 11:57 PMIt seems linking video should not be Gizmodo’s focal point… 99% of the interesting video’s u link to end up being removed… This makes for unhappy Matt time >=(
Luke
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 10:52 AMAgreed, but i think it is not available more because we are not in the US not because it has been removed!!
Kinda takes the whole impact away from any story :)