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The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
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Clay Street Hill Railroad
Cable car service in San Francisco, California (1873–1942)
The Clay Street Hill Railroad was the first successful cable hauled street railway. It was located on Clay Street, a notably steep street in San Francisco in California, United States, and first operated in August 1873. The company itself was short lived, but the underlying…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cable car (railway)
Cable-hauled mass transit system
A cable car is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are distinct from funiculars, where…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
San Francisco cable car system
Historic cable car system in San Francisco, California
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)