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Photos of Hyde St And Powell St Cable Car (2)
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Hyde St And Powell St Cable Car
, available on our website. They are pictured below.The pictures are organized by category.
Color
B & W
Painting
Travel Locations
:
California
:
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
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
And
rew 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
And
rew 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