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  • Tuffi und die Schwebebahn

    Tuffi und die Schwebebahn

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    The suspension monorail was invented in England in the 1820s. The distinction is small but the first suspended railway was opened on June 25, 1825, using a patent recorded by Henry Palmer. It was built to carry bricks, but as an opening stunt it carried passengers. Through the next 75 years several iterations of the…

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Owen Carrollson
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Every living soul comes to a saturation point when they stand and say, “Enough!” One man did it more than 70 years ago and a new national hero was born, and a wonderful tradition began. The thing is, nobody knew about it except George!

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