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pictures & photos of elevators and funiculars

Elevators
& funiculars

... a funicular or the elevator built by a follower of Gustave Eiffel to climb up to the Barrio Alto...

In 1928, a moving staircase was put into operation to serve a new working class residential district on the plateau above Le Havre. Designed to make it easier for workers to get to the factories near the port, it was an immediate success, carrying slightly more than 800,000 people in its first year. It was rendered obsolete by the development of the automobile and was finally closed in 1984.









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  1. Title: Entrance to the Santa Lucia funicular
    Artist: Unknown
    Technique: azulejos (ceramic tiles)
    Photo credit: © Bridgeman Giraudon
  2. Title: Outside elevators, Monte Carlo
    Designer: Gustave Eiffel
    Date: 1892
    Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
    Photo credit: © Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN / Alexis Brandt
  3. Title: Advertising poster for the Notre-Dame de la Garde funicular, Marseilles
    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 1900
    Technique: color lithograph
    Photo credit: ©Roger Perrin