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2. Stair lift - Wikipedia

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   Stair lifts are known variously as stairlifts, stair-lifts, chair lifts, stair gliders and by other names. This type of chair lift should not be confused with the chairlift used by skiers. The term stair climber can refer either to stair lifts, or more commonly to the exercise equipment by the same name.

3. Inclined elevator - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of inclined elevators is to provide accessibility to steep hillsides and inclines at minimal effort to the user. An inclined elevator is a form of cable railway. Users with mobility and disability challenges often use an incline platform lift to climb staircases in their home with their mobility scooter or motorized wheelchair ...

4. List of inclined elevators - Wikipedia

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   Near the lower station, Schräglift Wiggenhalde in Kriens (2013) inclined elevator at Zürich Hauptbahnhof (2014) inclined lift at Stufenbau, Ittigen (2013) Hungerberg, Aarau AG: 2015, 47°23′47″N 8°02′09″E  /  47.396418°N 8.035918°E  / 47.396418; 8.035918  ( Schräglift Hungerberg (lower station) ) [

5. Elevator - Wikipedia

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   As of January 2008, Spain is the nation with the most elevators installed per capita [105] in the world, with 950,000 elevators installed [106] that run more than one hundred million lifts every day, followed by United States with 700,000 elevators installed and China with 610,000 elevators installed since 1949. [107]

6. List of funicular railways - Wikipedia

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   North Cliff Lift (1930–1996) Queens Parade Cliff Lift (1878–1887) St Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2006) Spa Cliff Lift (opened 1873) Sennen Cove (private funicular) [89] Shipley, Shipley Glen Cable Tramway; Southend-on-Sea, Cliff Lift (opened 1912) – inclined elevator [90] Torquay, Babbacombe Cliff Railway (opened 1926)

7. Escalator - Wikipedia

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   Reno, a graduate of Lehigh University, produced the first working escalator (called the "inclined elevator") and installed it alongside the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island, New York City in 1896. [6] This particular device was little more than an inclined belt with cast-iron slats or cleats on the surface for traction, and traveled along a 25 ...