Ivan Elmanov
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Ivan Kirillovich Elmanov was a Russian inventor. In 1820 he created a "road on pillars" , a kind of monorail
located in Myachkovo
village, near Moscow
. That was the first known monorail in the world, however the carriages were horse-drawn, and the wheels were set on the pillar structure, not on the carriages.
Monorail
A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...
located in Myachkovo
Myachkovo, Moscow Oblast
Myachkovo is a village in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located near the mouth of the Pakhra River flowing into the Moskva River. It is the site of Bykovo railway station....
village, near Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. That was the first known monorail in the world, however the carriages were horse-drawn, and the wheels were set on the pillar structure, not on the carriages.