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Description: | This double-spiral moving walkway was built by Jesse Reno at Holloway Road Underground station, Piccadilly line. The experiment was never repeated.
This photo was taken in 1906, apparently taken during construction of this early escalator in an unused lift shaft.
Two workmen stand on adjacent 'moving' walkways, which travelled with a speed of 100 feet (30m) a minute. The two walkways, made up of teak slats, encircle a central core like two helical coils. A concrete platform hangs across the central core, supported by vertical iron girders.
This was the first escalator installed on the Underground, although it was allowed in passenger service for only one day before being judged unsafe. In March 1993 the remains of this walkway were found at the bottom of the lift shaft in Holloway station, and are now in the care of London's Transport Museum depot at Gunnersbury Lane, Acton.
c | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1906 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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