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Moving Walkway: World's Columbian Exposition, Paris, Exposition Universelle (1900), Port Authority Trans-Hudson, Dallas Love Field, Pavonia Terminal,
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A moving walkway
(British English) or moving sidewalk (American English) (colloquially
sometimes travelator, horizontal escalator, walkalator) is a slow moving
conveyor mechanism that transports people, across a horizontal or
inclined plane, over a short distance. Moving walkways can be used by
standing or walking on them. They are often installed in pairs, one for
each direction. The first moving walkway debuted at the World's
Columbian Exposition of 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. It had two different
divisions: one where passengers were seated, and one where riders could
stand or walk. It ran in a loop down the length of a lakefront pier to a
casino. Six years later a moving walkway was also presented to the
public at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. The walkway
consisted of three elevated platforms, the first was stationary, the
second moved at a moderate speed, and the third at about six miles an
hour. These demonstrations likely served as inspiration for some of H.
G. Wells' settings mentioned in the "Science Fiction" section below. |
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