How Giant Escalators Are Made Inside the World’s Largest Escalator Factory

How Giant Escalators Are Made Inside the World’s Largest Escalator Factory 905 meters That’s the total length of the Goddess Escalator system in Chongqing, China—the world’s longest outdoor escalator system. It cost around $23 million to build and took four years to complete. In reality, it consists of 21 escalators running one after another along the mountainside, combined with elevators and moving walkways. Together, they cut a journey that once took more than an hour to less than 20 minutes. But before becoming part of the mountain, each of those escalators began as aluminum ingots waiting to be melted, steel beams waiting to be cut and welded, and thousands of separate gears, rollers, and chain links. So how do all these individual parts come together to create a machine capable of carrying millions of people? Today, join Mido Explained as we explore the entire process of how an escalator is made. 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Overview 02:00 Inside an escalator 03:32 From molten aluminum to escalator steps 05:28 Final assembly 07:35 Energy-efficient escalators 09:00 How much does an escalator really cost? 10:24 The label vs. The reality 12:12 Conclusion