Wheels of history turn in Lisbon's elevadores
Old brass relays set off bright sparks, electricity hums and creaking capstans pull the cables of Lisbon's 106-year-old Santa Justa street lift, whose engine room looks like the laboratory from a Frankenstein film.
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