Cablecar

Contains 1735 photos

Fillmore & Vallejo
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Fillmore & Vallejo

View north down Fillmore St. to two streetcars, Market Street Railway Co. (MSRY) counterbalance cars #625 and #627. Railfans on excursion are seen photographing streetcars. Marina Middle School (built between 1935 and 1939 as Marina Junior High School) in distance.

Pacific Heights
Castro & 24th
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Castro & 24th

Looking north with Castro Cable Car #5

Noe Valley
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View southeast to California St. cable car; Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette painted sign, Helvetia Hotel, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building. Helvetia Hotel, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side.

Chinatown
Powell near California
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Powell near California

Cable Car #516 on Powell St. between California and Sacramento.

Nob Hill
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

View east across Powell to turntable and Cable Car #522, Washington & Jackson Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Cable car turntable. Cable Car #513

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Cable car turntable. Cable Car #513

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Cable car turntable. Cable Car #513

Downtown / Union Square
Union & Gough
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Union & Gough

View west, the building on the northwest corner still exists. Cable car track, possibly before the earthquake.

Union Street
Union & Pierce
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Union & Pierce

View east on Union Street, post-earthquake, with Russian Hill in distance. The section of Union Street downhill from here suffered heavy damage, cable car tracks were displaced and subsidence occurred.

Cow Hollow
Fillmore near Broadway
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Fillmore near Broadway

Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) Fillmore Street counterbalance car #757 on Fillmore hill below Broadway

Pacific Heights
Bay & Taylor
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Bay & Taylor

MUNI Cable Car #507 on turntable at Bay and Taylor Streets.

North Beach
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

Looking south to Financial District

Telegraph Hill
Waverly & Clay
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Waverly & Clay

Chinatown. Cable Car #17 southbound on Clay Street.

Chinatown
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View southeast to two California Street Cable Cars passing- Sabin Pl. and 720 California St. building before 2 story addition, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Shell Building, Russ Building and Alexander Building in background. Hotel Lafayette, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side, Sing Fat Co. Landscaping at right spells Metropolitan Life Insurance, on grounds of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building.

Chinatown