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Photographer: Frank Gunshow Sanchez
Taken: April 14, 2018
Caption: Limekiln Monorail Marker Re-Dedication
Additional Description: Errata Oh, where to begin? Well it started construction and operation in 1891. It wasn't a real monorail but it was still really strange, rather than rail(s), Burt used 4 x 12 lumber laid flat, and parallel with a 4 x 4 inner lining and a 6-inch gap between the two sets of planks. Rather than wheels, the locomotive and cars had rollers with a 6-inch flange in the center that fit into the gap between the planks. Those flanges chewed the unprotected wood so rapidly that the operation could never make a profit. The engine exploded on September 5, 1892, before the construction was completed. Caveat erector April 14th, 2018 Monterey Viejo 1846 E Clampus Vitus
Submitted: April 15, 2018, by Frank Gunshow Sanchez of Hollister, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p423453
File Size: 5.258 Megabytes

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