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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 the Muni Metro modern light rail system.
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The cable cars displayed include: [2] Sutter Street Railway - grip car 46 and trailer 54 dating from the 1870s; Clay Street Hill Railroad - grip car 8, the only surviving car from the first cable car company; The museum is part of the complex that also houses the cable car power house, which drives the cables, and the car depot ("barn").
This is a route-map template for the San Francisco cable car system, a United States cable car network.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
California Street Cable Railroad car near Kearny Street, June 2022 Share of the California Street Cable Railroad Co., issued 9 July 1885. [1] The California Street Cable Railroad (Cal Cable) was a long-serving cable car operator in San Francisco, founded by Leland Stanford. The company's first line opened on California Street in 1878 and is the ...
After being bought and sold several times, the line came under the ownership of the United Railroads of San Francisco, under whom it was finally built out to San Mateo with service starting on December 31, 1902. [50] Starting at the corner of Steuart and Market in San Francisco, the tracks went southeast on Steuart and turned right on Harrison.
Over the years, the company was also known as the Market Street Railroad Company, the Market Street Cable Railway Company and the United Railroads of San Francisco. Once the largest transit operator in the city, the company folded in 1944 and its assets and services were acquired by the city-owned San Francisco Municipal Railway .
Purchased by the city of San Francisco in 1952, with one line of the system reopened, and still in service. Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway: Cable February 16, 1880: May 6, 1912 San Francisco cable car system [32] San Francisco: Cable 1878 Muni Metro: Electric Light rail (after 1980s upgrades) c. July 29, 1891. 1917 (1980) Renovated as ...