Ivan Elmanov

Ivan Kirillovich Elmanov (Russian: Иван Кириллович Эльманов) was a Russian inventor. During 1820 in Myachkovo, near Moscow, he built a type of monorail described as a road on pillars.[1] The single rail was made of timber balks resting above the pillars. The wheels were set on this wooden rail, while the horse-drawn carriage had a sled on its top.[1] This construction is considered to be the first known monorail in the world.[2]

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References
  1. Izmerov, Oleg. "The Unknown Russian Monorail". izmerov.narod.ru. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. «Пассажирские монорельсовые дороги», В. В. Чиркин, О. С. Петренко, А. С. Михайлов, Ю. М. Галонен. М., «Машиностроение», 1969 г., 240 с.
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