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Why not invent and install spiral escalators? That would give you the high throughput of the paternoster more safely. You could still have a few elevators for
by 35bge57dtjku 9y ago
Why not invent and install spiral escalators? That would give you the high throughput of the paternoster more safely. You could still have a few elevators for travel between the higher up 'elevator lobbies' people mentioned.
- kurthr 9y agoWow, cool... they have! http://gizmodo.com/feast-your-eyes-on-the-worlds-largest-spiral-escalator-1691920542 http://gizmodo.com/feast-your-eyes-on-the-worlds-largest-spi... There must be more spiral escalators now. I know there's one in Nordstrom's too.
- 35bge57dtjku 9y agoNice. I was picturing one more like a spiral staircase though, where the inner edge of each step touches an inner pole.