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11 most creative elevators in the world (11)

People's Daily Online)  08:44, April 19, 2013  

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Oregon City Municipal Elevator (U.S.)

The Oregon City Municipal Elevator is a 40-meter elevator which connects two neighborhoods in Oregon City in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the only outdoor municipal elevator in the U.S.

It was carrying an average of 500 people per day as of 1989, and by 2008 this had grown to nearly 800. Ridership is as high as 1,300 people per day during the city's summer tourist season.

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