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What is the most common mode of transport in France?

The most common form of transport in France is the elevator.

French elevators carry at least 60 million passengers a day. Meanwhile, 65 percent of the lifts are over 20 years old, and some have been operating since the 2000th century. About 200 elevator accidents are registered annually, of which about XNUMX have serious consequences and even victims.

It is believed that the first elevator was installed in 1743 in the palace of Louis XV in Versailles, so that the 33-year-old king could, without straining, climb to his mistress's apartment, located on the floor above. However, in ancient sources there are references to earlier passenger lifting machines - in the monastery of St. Catherine (VI century, on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt) and even in Ancient Rome (I century BC).

The hydraulic lift was invented in France and first shown at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 (later installed on the Eiffel Tower). The first electric passenger elevator was made in Germany in 1880.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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