Stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs or simply stairs

Stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs or simply stairs are names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. 

Stairways may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles.

Special stairways include escalators and ladders. Alternatives to stairways are elevators, stairlifts and inclined moving sidewalks as well as stationary inclined sidewalks.

They can be old, new or somewhere in between!

 

Flight 

A flight is an uninterrupted series of steps.

Staircase 

This term is often reserved for the stairs themselves: the steps, railings and landings; though often it is used interchangeably with "stairs" and "stairway". In the UK, however, the term "staircase" denotes what in the U.S. is called "stairway", but usually includes the casing – the walls, Bannister's and underside of the stairs or roof above.

 

Stairway 

This term is often reserved for the entire stairwell and staircase in combination; though often it is used interchangeably with "stairs" and "staircase".

 

Stairwell 

The spatial opening, usually a vertical shaft, containing an indoor stairway; by extension it is often used as including the stairs it contains.

all I can say is there were a lot of them on our walk on Sunday .... they came in all shapes and sizes, different textures and colours and they all went UP ..... am sure none of them went down!

 

 

 

 

I actually started counting some of them,

it did help me to get to the top!

First lot had 90 steps, second one had 92 then the 

third one had 54. Don't ask me about the rest, 

I gave up counting at this point and 

just enjoyed the walk and seeing 

the small things around me!

For the blog post on 

The Battle of Pasir Panjang

click HERE

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