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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by anoother on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:32PM (#14936508)
Paternosters. You say terrifying, I say fun.

There's one in Leicester University (not the only one in the UK, I'm sure).

Really not that dangerous, with a cable near the top of each aperture that triggers a stop if it's touched.

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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by stcredzero on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:39PM (#14936538)
The SF garage my fiancee parks in has this thing made from an industrial belt, with steps bolted onto it. I think there are quite a few of those in Stuttgart as well, though they are being fazed out. It's very efficient, but not for ze stupits!
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by URSpider94 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @09:30PM (#14939173)
I saw one like this as a child, in Chicago. As I remember, it was explicitly only for the employees to use to get to the cars, as it was a valet facility.
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by stcredzero on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:40AM (#14939926)
That's what the one I saw was!
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by pimlottc on Saturday August 05, 2017 @05:44PM (#14938084)
Out of curiosity, where in SF? I'd be interested to see one.
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by stcredzero on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:17PM (#14938552)
The parking garage near the corner of Bush and Mason.
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by christoph on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:14PM (#14938530)
There's one in the library at Essex University as well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvn06yQIb9o

I'm glad they still have it, I was nervous when I searched that I would find out it had been ripped out since I was last there.

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