Meigs Elevated Railway

Meigs Elevated Railway
Meigs Elevated Railway
Meigs Elevated train.jpg
Info
Locale East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Transit type straddle-beam monorail
Number of lines 1
Operation
Operator(s) Joe V. Meigs

The Meigs Elevated Railway was an experimental steam-powered monorail invented by Josiah V. Meigs (also known as Joe Vincent Meigs)[1] of Lowell, Massachusetts.

A 227-foot demonstration line was built in 1886 in East Cambridge, Massachusetts on land abutting Bridge Street, now Monsignor O'Brien Highway. Never expanded, it ran until 1894.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Campbell, Robert Campbell and Peter Vanderwarker."MEIGS ELEVATED RAILWAY". Boston Globe, February 23, 1992.

External links

Gallery

  • The railway site in 2010.

  • Plaque marking the site.


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