Tuesday, September 27, 1960: Travolator

Europe's first "moving platform" opens to the public, as part of London's subway system. (The world's first such system dates to 1954 in New Jersey.)

* More about Travolator: @

* Newsreel: @

* Photo from first day: @

* "Conveyor Belts to Move Crowds" (Popular Science magazine, 1954): @

* "Passenger Conveyors" (book): @

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