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Photos of San Francisco Cable Car (6)
There are (6) photos of the keyword,
San Francisco Cable Car
, available on our website. They are pictured below.The pictures are organized by category.
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Painting
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 almost 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 Street, and you can see many sailboats floating in the bay.
San
Francisco
Bay
#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
car
s are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the
car
s do not operate under their own power. Instead, the
car
s 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
car
s are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the
car
s do not operate under their own power. Instead, the
car
s 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.
#1574 — A scenic picture taken of an orange
cable
car
in downtown
San
Francisco
right by the warf.
Orange
Cable
Car
#489 — A scenic picture of a
San
Francisco
Cable
car
coming up Hyde Street.
San
Francisco
's
cable
car
s are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the
car
s do not operate under their own power. Instead, the
car
s 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
.
San
Francisco
Cable
Car
#1315 — A scenic vertical picture taken of a
San
Francisco
Trolley
Car
going up a hill.
San
Francisco
Trolley
Car