A visit to the first multi-storey car park in the country - they haven't changed much.
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Short Summary
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Data
- Film ID:
- 131.05
- Media URN:
- 1654
- Group:
- Colour pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathe
- Issue Date:
- 27/02/1961
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
jamied says
This building still seems to exist - its viewable on Google maps at 5 Rupert Street, Bristol.
afoyle says
This is not by a long way the first multi-storey car park in Britain - Brewer Street in Soho was built c. 1929 and there may be earlier ones.
The reference to this being \"the first of its kind\" refers to the particular design - it is a continuous spiral ramp where all the cars park side on at the outer edge, while cars go up and down on the inner side. There are no flat parking decks in the usual way. I guess it wasn\'t repeated much because at busy times there\'s a lot of opportunity for bumps as drivers reverse out of their spaces and cross the upward traffic to join the downward flow.