Ivan Elmanov

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Ivan Kirillovich Elmanov () was a Russian inventor. During 1820, in Myachkovo, near Moscow, he built a type of monorail described as a road on pillars. 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. This construction is considered to be the first known monorail in the world.«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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