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Although this mechanism looks scary it's actually fine. The reason even its proponents accept you wouldn't build these now is that they have terrible accessibi
by tialaramex 2y ago
Although this mechanism looks scary it's actually fine.
The reason even its proponents accept you wouldn't build these now is that they have terrible accessibility, so they're only practical as an extra option.
- em-bee 2y agodespite that, it looks like the reason no new paternosters are built and existing ones are removed is safety. unfortunately this is considered to be more important than cultural heritage protection. i have used one at the university of vienna. sadly it was removed almost 20 years ago.
- JoeCortopassi 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift#Safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift#Safety Their overall rate of accidents is estimated as 30 times higher than conventional elevators Germany saw an average of one death per year due to paternosters
- tialaramex 2y agoHuh, that's much higher than I expected, thanks.
- DrSAR 2y agoWe used to love riding in them at our university in the late 80s/90s. And when you proceed to ride over the top will the car flip upside down? We managed to scare at least one of our classmates into believe this could happen. The whole thing felt as exciting as a carnival ride in retrospect ...