Push-0Button Car Park: A model of the automatic car park which is to be built alongside Southwark Bridge, London. On a 50,000 sq.ft. site, named the Zipark, with seven stories and a basement, it will accommodate 500 cars and take then off the streets at the rate of 250 in 30 minutes,. On arrival at the Zidpark the driver will be directed on to the conveyors and given a numbered counter corresponding to a plug selected by the operator, The plug will be inserted into the ground floor control panel and the automatic conveyor and elevator (16 in number) will go to work and de;liver the car to its parking place. The process will be reversed to bring the car back to its driver when he needs it. Northern American Organization og f the builders and engineers: Taylor Woodrow (Canada) Ltd., 606 Jervis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.
Photo is dated 11-11-1959.
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