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Photos of Close Up Cable Cars San Francisco (2)
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Close Up Cable Cars San Francisco
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Travel Locations
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California
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San
Francisco
#985 — A scenic vertical picture taken
close
up
of a
San
Francisco
cable
car. From the street sign in the back ground you can see that this
cable
car is just passing the famous Lombard Street. This
cable
car is making its way
up
Powell to Hyde St.
San
Francisco
's
cable
cars
are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the
cars
do not operate under their own power. Instead, the
cars
are propelled mechanically, by "gripping" a continuously moving steel
cable
which runs in a conduit underneath a slot between the rails.
Cable
Car in
San
Francisco
#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
cars
are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the
cars
do not operate under their own power. Instead, the
cars
are propelled mechanically, by "gripping" a continuously moving steel
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 system 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 stop such accidents. In 1873 HGallidie tested the first
cable
car system near the top of Nob HIll at Clay and Jones Streets. Ever since this date the
Cable
Car system kept growing and became one of the symbols of
San
Francisco
.
Cable
Car, Powell & Hyde Sts.