An escalator suspended 101 taradiddle above Southern Manhattan . It ’s one of the most celebrated pictures of the new World Trade Center , and the unexampled WTC is n’t even cease yet . But the pic , whichoriginally come out on Reddit , has a whole backstory to it , too , with some cool behind - the - scenesdetails from Scott Lahmers , the “ elevator gentleman’s gentleman ” who charter the photo .
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Lahmers told Flickr that he had taken his camera in that day to simply photograph the internet site , since they had expected atmospheric condition to delay the induction . or else , the 38,000 - pound escalators were hoisted up into the sky over a few hour . The render escalator clause is one of nine being installed by the company Lahmers works with ( along with 74 elevator ) , and took about a half 60 minutes to get into the construction once it was at the right raising . you could crack out Lahmers ’ audience below ( no-good about the autoplay ) , and more of his picturesover at Flickr . [ Flickr ]
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