San Franciscos Magnificent Streetcars

Author : Kenneth C. Springirth
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990011
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Magnificent Streetcars written by Kenneth C. Springirth and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco's first cable car line opened in 1873. The successful development of the electric streetcar by Frank Sprague in 1888 plus the 1906 San Francisco earthquake resulted in the decline of the cable car system. Concerned that the cable car system would vanish, San Francisco resident Friedel Klussmann rallied public support to save the cars. The 1982 shutdown of the cable car lines for their rebuilding led to Trolley Festivals beginning in 1983 until 1987 using a variety of historic streetcars on Market Street. Those successful festivals resulted in rebuilding the streetcar track on Market Street and the establishment of the F streetcar line in 1995 using Presidents' Conference Committee streetcars purchased from Philadelphia and refurbished in a variety of paint schemes that represented cities that once had streetcar service. In addition, the line features vintage Peter Witt streetcars from Milan, Italy; a boat like streetcar from England; and other unique cars. During 2000, the F line was extended to Fisherman's wharf and has become one of the most successful streetcar lines in the United States. This book is a photographic essay of "San Francisco's Magnificent Streetcars" along with its historic cable cars and hill climbing trolley coaches.

Author : Rick Laubscher
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597142786
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Track written by Rick Laubscher and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only full-color illustrated guide to the COLORFUL vintage streetcars and cable cars that are a top tourist attraction

Author : Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547422326
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maybelle the Cable Car written by Virginia Lee Burton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997-03-31 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rang her gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . . . By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle the Cable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San Francisco Public Library to re-create this edition with all the vibrant charm of the original, which was published in 1952.

Author : Zachary Malott
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781442188815
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Streetcars of San Francisco written by Zachary Malott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is home to the largest working collection of vintage streetcars in the world. One of the city's most recognizable and beloved attractions, the streetcar line which runs through the heart of the city serves more than 20,000 riders a day. San Francisco's Market Street Railway continues to collect vintage cars from all over the world and to lovingly restore them to service as part of this rolling museum that pays tribute to cities who have operated streetcar lines in the past and present. This delightful book showcases this historic fleet with more than 120 pages of beautiful color photos of currently restored and active streetcars. Each car is introduced with a paragraph describing its history. The book also explores the history of the streetcar as urban transit, both nationally and within San Francisco, and also tells the story of how this amazing "Museum in Motion" came to exist as one of San Francisco's most famous attractions.

Author : P. WALLER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912332328
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book STREETCARS OF SAN FRANCISCO. written by P. WALLER and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walt Vielbaum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569598
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Market Street Railway written by Walt Vielbaum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747815259
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streetcars of America written by Brian Solomon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handsome multicolored streetcar is a nostalgic icon of the some of the most romantic and heritage-rich locales in America, including San Francisco, New Orleans and Chicago, immortalised on stage and screen in classics including 'Meet Me In St Louis' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Streetcars of America chronicles these vehicles from the earliest animal-drawn carriages to the height of their popularity in the 1920s, when there were more than 1,200 tram railways, to the turning of the tide in the mid-twentieth century when congestion and attacks from the automobile industry eventually pushed streetcars from most urban landscapes. But it also looks at the recent efforts to revive tram heritage that have led to vintage streetcars becoming a hip and environmentally-friendly daily commuter service, as well as tourist attraction, in more than thirty cities including Memphis and Washington DC.

Author : Peter Ehrlich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780915348510
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's F-Line written by Peter Ehrlich and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader is taken on a joyously meandering ride over a thirty year span, telling how San Francisco's F-line came about, through the efforts of a multitude of San Franciscans including visionaries, planners and engineers, politicians and community activists, transit operators and everyday transit riders. The idea of vintage streetcar operations was born in the 1970s, and then becomes tangible with the "Trolley Festivals" in the 1980s. It took another 20 years for the "F-Line" to become a permanent part of San Francisco's transit scene, and that saga is told as well.

Author : John DeFerrari
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625856199
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capital Streetcars written by John DeFerrari and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, expanding it into the suburbs and defining where Washingtonians lived, worked and played. One of the most beloved routes was the scenic Cabin John line to the amusement park in Glen Echo, Maryland. From the quaint early days of small horse-drawn cars to the modern "streamliners" of the twentieth century, the stories are all here. Join author John DeFerrari on a joyride through the fascinating history of streetcars in the nation's capital.

Author : Joe Mendoza
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453640869
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muni Metro written by Joe Mendoza and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey on San Francisco's Muni Metro system. Ride the light rail cars in the outer neighborhood, and then dip into San Francisco's tunnels and subway for a swift ride downtown. Visit all the Muni Metro underground stations and all handicap accessible stops on the surface. Then, after visiting Muni Metro, take a quick tour of the historic streetcars on Market Street, and the cable cars on Powell and California Streets. Included are color photos of all the stations and accessible stops. Most of these photos were taken at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Historic photographs are also included.