Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Elevators That Run Sideways

The elevators that run sideways - In order to have unbroken floor space, the elevators in Alexandria's George Washington Memorial run sideways 35 feet as they rise 244 feet in 2 slanting shafts from the main floor to the observation deck.  At the time the memorial was built, this was considered an engineering marvel, and even today remains rather unique in the field of architectecture.

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