Moving Sidewalk in Paris 1900

Today we take moving sidewalks for granted but in 1900 le trottoir roulant was one of the most famous marvels at the Universal Exposition.

The Paris trottoir was a two-mile-long, electric, three-tiered sidewalk. One trackway was stationary, the next moved at two-and-a-half miles per hour, the third at five miles her hour. The moving boardwalk moved bodies to see the grounds from new points of view at new speeds of movement. And the walkway itself was an exhibit, as patrons could sit and watch fellow fair-goers mechanically stroll.

This film of the sidewalk is credited to Thomas Edison:



Via  Parisian Fields