Yes, as a matter of fact I have seen it... in the airport at San
Francisco. In October (when I was waiting for a connection) the airport
was hosting an exhibit on horses, and the moving walkway took you behind
the cases featuring the carousel horses. I have to say of couse that these
moving walkways were in the airport long before the horse exhibit was, but
whoever set up the exhibit did a fairly good job of installing the pieces
so that they could be viewed clearly from the walkway.
I jumped off in time to really get a good look though.
I was not really impressed by the feature that news offered concerning the
crown jewels simply because it was contradictory. The exhibit
designer/director states that they have set up the walkway so that
visitors can get a good look at the objects without being rushed through
and at the next moment they are showing two men who are obviously quite
transfixed by what they are seeing as they are zoomed past the case. IMHO,
I don't think they got the "good look" they had waited all morning for.
 
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On Fri, 25 Mar 1994, Jim Ellis wrote:
 
> Did anyone notice the news item on ABC on the opening of the crown jewel exhib
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> t int he Tower of London?  Of interest was the fact that they appear to be usi
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> g a moving walkway to keep people moving in front of the exhibit. Has anyone s
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> en this type of use before?  It did not appear that people could just stand an
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>  view the exhibit.  JIM
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