Exposition Universelle de 1900: le Trottoir roulant

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At the World Exhibition in 1900 he was such a street of the Future - "la rue de l'Avenir" - moving sidewalk with an electric drive, created by American engineers and Silsbee Schmidt, who previously did the same for the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893. The sidewalk was held throughout the exhibition, was the length of 3.37 km, has 9 stations: Pont des Invalides, Quai d'Orsay - Rue des Nations, Quai d'Orsay - Pont de l'Alma, Pavillon des Armees, Champ-de-Mars - Metallurgie, Rapp, Salle des Fêtes, St. Domenique, Universite.Trotuar was set at viaduct 7-meter high, and consisted of three platforms: one fixed and two movable, moving in parallel at different speeds. First it is moving at a speed of 3.7 km / h, the second, driven at a speed of 7.4 km / h, pozvolyala make a circle on exhibition in 27 minutes and 20 seconds. The movement began at 10 am and lasted until 9 or 11 pm depending on the day of the week.