Part of the futuristic Alweg Monorail plans had always been the often illustrated possibility to let these trains also pass through buildings. Frank O. Gehry has let this vision materialize. The Seattle Monorail was his most prominent project and we lived in Seattle from 1962 to 1966. The Alweg history is not only the story of the invention of a pathbreaking monorail system, but also the story of the sad demise of a transportation concept that was at its inception far ahead of its time. This website is intended as an Internet Archive and is to be expanded continuously.
Most archives store only material belonging to one specific subject.
The interconnection of archives was before the Internet a tedious and lengthy process governed by the time it takes to visit and search libraries and archives or the time requests sent by snail mail take to be written and answered. The Internet with its websites and links has created the possibility to set up archives as virtual time capsules that can easily be interconnected. By also showing interconnections archives can do much more than just preserve. They can for example make learning a much more interesting and rewarding experience like those rarest of teachers who are able to instill an unsatisfied curiosity for more knowledge. A quickly drawn sketch concerning the Seattle Monorail side wheel suspension by Rolf Krischer.