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The Failed Monorail That Tried to Reach City Island

In 1910, engineers built a monorail across the Bronx wetlands to connect City Island. Within years, it collapsed under breakdowns and derailments ...
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The Steam Monorail That Almost Changed American Cities Forever

In the 1880s, inventive engineer Joe V. Meigs built an experimental elevated steam-powered “monorail” in Cambridge, Massachusetts - a short demonstration track that showed what future cities might ...