escalator

[Michael Newman]

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On Jan 10, 2012, at 3:48, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Also an expansion on 1.a. (moving staircase ... for carrying passengers):
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> http://goo.gl/HPpQd
>> The Target in East Liberty has an escalator for shopping carts. Mind=
>> blown.
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> Similar devices exist in some IKEA stores and some multi-level Costco
> (in NYC), so this usage was inevitable.

Been around for years in Europe.
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