Caillet monorail

The distance between the floor of the vehicles and the rail never exceeded a few centimeters to keep the center of gravity as low as possible, thereby minimizing the effort required to maintain balance.

Transport costs were reduced to one-sixth compared with horse-drawn vehicles and the time required to one-third.

[4] In June 1898, Henry Jules Caillet, who lived in 7 Boulevard St. Denis, Paris, granted a license to Eaton Devonshire of Chislehurst.

Then in October 1898, the 'Monorail Portable Railway Company' was founded, which held the rights in Great Britain and the Commonwealth colonies.

On November 17, 1905, an advertisement appeared in The Engineer for a book of the 'Monorail Portable Railway Company Limited', based in 22-23 Laurence Poutney Lane, London, in the Caillets at this time already well-known monorail system was described with numerous pictures.