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Links:
The
Monorail Society. Although this site is focused more on
the promotion of new monorail projects globally, there is an interesting
section on Monorails
in History (1825-1964). Use their links page to find more than
two dozen monorail sites. Any fan of mid-century modern remembers
riding one as a child or catching one of the few that still exist
today.
The
Disneyland ALWEG Monorail Tribute Site Featuring video, photographs,
and technical information.
The
Seattle Monorail. Built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair by
Alweg Rapid Transit Systems. Running between the fairgrounds and
downtown, this monorail still operates today. DOCOMOMO.WEWA helped
completed a landmark application for this structure. Nomination
available in PDF form on the Friends
of the Monorail site.
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Electric
Railways and Personal Rapid Transit
SkyBus advertisement
sponsored by Bethlehem Steel, not dated.
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SkyBus. Not
a true monorail, but "an entirely new concept" developed
by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. This prototype transit system
-- an electric-powered, rubber-tired train -- found a home in both
Pittsburgh and Morgantown, WV. The Pittsburgh project (1971, Port
Authority of Allegheny County, consulting engineers: Richardson,
Gordon and Associates, steel framework by Bethlehem Steel) called
the SkyBus failed, but the West
Virginia University Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) survives. Also
constructed in Detroit, Michigan; Irving, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida;
and Miami, Florida.
Links:
Bridges
and Tunnels of Allegheny County, PA
Pittsburgh
Railways Online History
What
was or is the Pittsburgh subway system? Pittsburgh City Paper
Jon
Bell's (Mostly) Rail Transit Pages. Associate Professor Department
of Physics and Computer Science, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South
Carolina. Great site with history and photographs.
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