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escalatorMoving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in stores, airports, subways, and other mass pedestrian areas. The name was first applied to a moving stairway shown at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Modern escalators are electrically powered, driven by chain and sprocket, and held in place by two tracks. As the treads approach a landing, they pass through a comb device; a switch cuts off power if an object becomes jammed between comb and treads. |
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On the Main floor, a central colonnade cuts through the store from the mall entrance leading to a new glass sided escalator well in the rear and provides access to the Route 4 entrance and a new customer lounge. 5 billion to keep the system running, just weeks after The Washington Post revealed that officials had squandered about $1 billion in recent rail car and escalator contracts. Hitachi's Elevators, Escalators and Building Systems in Mito will manufacture the elevators, while Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator will produce the escalator systems. |
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