San Franciscos Powell Street Cable Cars

Author : Emiliano Echeverria
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738530475
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars written by Emiliano Echeverria and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco's cable cars are an internationally recognized symbol of the city, but they also have a long and fractious history. There are actually three cable lines in operation today: the California Street line and the two Powell Street lines-- the Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. The Powell Street lines have been the subject of much controversy through the years, due to a complex lineage of private and public ownership. Cable cars on Powell Street began in 1888, operating under the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Company and utilizing the same basic design pioneered by Andrew Hallidie in 1873. Among the story's twists and turns are the line's actual routes following the 1906 earthquake, which caused heavy damage and forced major repairs. Post-quake, United Railroads was able to replace many of the cable car lines with streetcars, including a part of the Powell Street system. San Francisco at one time had eight separate cable car operators. Gradually most were replaced by streetcars, buses, and trolley buses, given the complexities and expense of cable systems. The Powell lines were taken over by the city in 1944, but the mayor tried to abandon them in 1947. The public disapproved of this move, and since then the Powell Street line has only grown in stature and its importance to San Francisco.

Author : Walter Rice
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738559636
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's California Street Cable Cars written by Walter Rice and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Franciscos internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the Wests pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As resilient as the city it served, Cal Cable was rebuilt and lasted as an independent business longer than any other private San Francisco transit operation. Cut down to its present form in 1954, that remnant and its double-ended cars survive as an integral part of todays cable car system.

Author : Edgar Myron Kahn
Publisher : Friends of San Francisco Public Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Car Days in San Francisco written by Edgar Myron Kahn and published by Friends of San Francisco Public Library. This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lucius Beebe
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787204634
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Car Carnival written by Lucius Beebe and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1951, this is a richly illustrated paean to San Francisco’s cable cars dating from the years when they were in jeopardy and were eventually saved (though not entirely) through the efforts of activist citizens.

Author : Phil Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable Cars of San Francisco written by Phil Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs of San Francisco's two cable car lines, accompanied by text.

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 : Christopher C. Swan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Car written by Christopher C. Swan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Woodman Hilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804730525
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable Car in America written by George Woodman Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a treatise on passenger transport using wire rope traction for carriers operating on rail, popularly cable cars or street railways. The system is described. There are extensive photographs and drawings of components, particularly, carriers, grips, brakes, stationary drives, and the haulage ropes. System design, construction, operation and maintenance are covered in detail along with the powerhouses and drive machinery. Cable car economics is covered for principal cities in America. Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. (CFD).

Author : Gene Anthony
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Cable Car Adventure Book written by Gene Anthony and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Townley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738530086
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Interurban to San Mateo written by Robert Townley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line's heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Palo Alto to connect with the Peninsular Railway to San Jose. The 1906 earthquake put this plan on hold. Following much the same route as today's Mission Street, El Camino Real, and Caltrain, the San Mateo Interurban carried over four million passengers a year along its main and spur lines until 1949, when the system was shut down amidst much fanfare.