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Description: | Many of the deep-level Underground stations are accessible only by lift, since the platform tunnels are too deep for escalators. This is a working scale model of the Wadsworth lift, which is based on a prototype installed at Borough station during its refurbishment.
By the late 1980s, many of the original Otis lifts had been replaced with automatic high-speed machines. The lift compartments on the replacements are smaller, but they move much faster so can cope with similar numbers of passengers. The Wadsworth lift, an important invention since it allowed the development of deep-level stations, is installed at many stations such as Covent Garden and Regents Park. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1992 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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