Charles Lartigue

Charles François Marie -Therese Lartigue (* 1834 in Toulouse, † 1907) was a French engineer who developed the eponymous Lartigue Monorail.

During the colonial occupation of North Africa by the French, they had a significant transportation needs, which should be covered with railroads. The problem here, however, were the sand drifts on normal two-lane tracks. Here Lartigue was, according to the story inspired by the camel caravans with both sides hanging loads to a monorail on stilts with half suspended car. A 90 km long line in Algeria, he tested initially successful with draft horses.

From the subsequent progression paths for 36 years operated with specially designed steam locomotives Listowel Ballybunion Railway was the most successful in the Irish town of Listowel. This web has been rebuilt after the old templates from 2001.

• Engineer, inventor, engineer
• Person (Toulouse)
• Frenchman
• Born in 1834
• Died in 1907
• Man