Caillet's Monorail

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/2609
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 81mm by 81mm 1 slide
      81mm by 81mm

Scope and Content

Illustration of a Calillet's monorail device used for 'facilitating transport on rubber estates'. Two men push a trolley with canisters of rubber along a single track through the forest on a rubber plantation in [Malaysia?] in the early 20th century.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013