Funny Holidays - Escalator Birthday

Every year on March 15th the birthday of the escalator is celebrated Without this device it is no longer even possible to imagine a modern train station, shopping center or metro station The history of this device began in 1859 Then American inventor Nathan Ames received a patent for a ladder moving in a circle However, this invention left everyone indifferent and was conveniently forgotten But on March 15, 1892, another American inventor, Jess Reno, received a patent for the first inclined lift, which caused a stir among investors And after 8 years, the Otis company bought the rights to this lift and began producing it under the Escalator brand of the same name Interestingly, the very first escalator was located in a New York amusement park It was made in the form of a wooden ribbon without steps and was intended purely for the amusement of visitors The first escalator resembled a conveyor belt with wide railings on which people could sit Strictly speaking, an escalator is a type of conveyor As in the case of the copier and diapers, gradually the name of the brand transferred to the name of the product itself Escalators began to be called not only products of the Otis company, but also other devices in the form of an inclined staircase with moving steps Escalators quickly became popular due to their high throughput: already in 1911 they were installed in London You had to stand on them on the right side, while the left side was intended for those who walked in the direction of travel Just a few years later, the capitals of many European countries acquired their own moving stairs In 1921, the device for transporting people was presented in its modern guise in a business center in Philadelphia In Moscow, Finnish-made escalators appeared in 1935 at metro stations Then the surprised townspeople called them miracle stairs In 1938, the Krasny Metalist plant produced the first Soviet escalator • During the day, the escalator “scrolls” about 50 km • The speed of the device varies from 18 to 27 km/h • The longest escalator is located at Admiralteyskaya station in St Petersburg, it contains about 700 steps • An escalator without steps is called a travelator, or a passenger conveyor March 15 is celebrated not only by escalator manufacturers, but also by people who service this useful invention