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Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?

Subject: Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?
From: Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:53:49 +1100
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William Pearce wrote:
> 
>     Re escalator lengths.
>   If anyone has a stopwatch and a bit of spare time, it is possible to
> calculate escalator slope lengths and speeds. All escalator steps are 600mm
> (0.6m) long. .........

Seems a bit of an over-statement.  I reckon the steps at Parliament are only
about 400mm long (according to a rough shoe-length comparison this morning), and
they seem about the same size as on every other escalator I've ever seen.

References:
- Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?
  - From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
- Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?
  - From: "William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>

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