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The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and ...
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Cable cars were invented by Andrew Smith Hallidie here in San Francisco in 1873. Hallidie's cable car system was based on early mining conveyance systems and dominated the city’s transit scene for more than 30 years.
Rare photographs and detailed, comprehensive 100 year history of San Francisco's Cable Car System. General information and a virtual tour of the Cable Car Museum.
By 1941, when cable lines in Seattle and Tacoma closed, San Francisco had the only street-running cable cars in America. The 1957 closure of a cable line in New Zealand made San Francisco’s cable cars unique in the entire world.
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and ...
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