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Photos of Hyde St Car (3)
There are (3) photos of the keyword,
Hyde St Car
, available on our website. They are pictured below.The pictures are organized by category.
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Travel Locations
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California
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San Francisco
#599 — A scenic picture taken of the city of San Franicsco, California. In this picture you can almo
st
see all that San Francisco has to offer all at once. In the back right you can see the famous Alcatraz Island, the middle left floats the Balclutha, in the middle bottom is a famous San Francisco cable
car
cpming up
Hyde
St
reet, and you can see many sailboats floating in the bay.
San Francisco Bay
#487 — A close up picture taken of a San Francisco Cable
Car
which makes its way up Powell and
Hyde
St
. San Francisco's cable
car
s are unique in that they are the only
st
reet railway in which the
car
s do not operate under their own power. In
st
ead, the
car
s are propelled mechanically, by "gripping" a continuously moving
st
eel cable which runs in a conduit underneath a slot between the rails. The cable is kept in motion by an engine in a centrally-located powerhouse. The cable
car
sy
st
em was developed in San Francisco because of a guy named Andrew Hallidie whom in 1869 witnessed a horse-
car
accident and wanted to develop a cable railway to
st
op such accidents. In 1873 HGallidie te
st
ed the fir
st
cable
car
sy
st
em near the top of Nob HIll at Clay and Jones
St
reets. Ever since this date the Cable
Car
sy
st
em kept growing and became one of the symbols of San Francisco.
Cable
Car
, Powell &
Hyde
St
s.
#489 — A scenic picture of a San Francisco Cable
car
coming up
Hyde
St
reet. San Francisco's cable
car
s are unique in that they are the only
st
reet railway in which the
car
s do not operate under their own power. In
st
ead, the
car
s are propelled mechanically, by "gripping" a continuously moving
st
eel cable which runs in a conduit underneath a slot between the rails. The cable is kept in motion by an engine in a centrally-located powerhouse. The cable
car
sy
st
em was developed in San Francisco because of a guy named Andrew Hallidie whom in 1869 witnessed a horse-
car
accident and wanted to develop a cable railway to
st
op such accidents. In 1873 HGallidie te
st
ed the fir
st
cable
car
sy
st
em near the top of Nob HIll at Clay and Jones
St
reets. Ever since this date the Cable
Car
sy
st
em kept growing and became one of the symbols of San Francisco.
San Francisco Cable
Car