History Photographed on Instagram: "The Paris trottoir roulant, or Rue de l’Avenir, showcased at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, was a pioneering moving sidewalk designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee and Max E. Schmidt, previously creators of a similar invention for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Capable of handling 14,000 people simultaneously, it demonstrated its efficiency by transporting up to 70,000 visitors on Easter Sunday."
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A rare film of the moving sidewalk, 119 years ago, from the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. "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 per hour." ---> for powerful stories from any time like HistoryBites | HistoryBites
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