SAN FRANCISCO ... the system that started in the 1890s. The gearboxes spin the 30-foot tall wheels that pull the 12-miles of steel cables under San Francisco to lift the cable cars up city ...

“Everyone who visits San Francisco is apparently getting on our cable cars.” Tumlin said the agency worked hard during the pandemic to make the Muni system “fast, frequent ...

When one fails, the system is shut down that evening and a new cable is spliced into the feed. According to the San Francisco Cable ... the bottom of the car and extend under the street to the ...

San Francisco remains the only place on the planet with a true, manually operated cable-car system serving the public. First introduced in the late 1800s to save the strain on horses hauling carts ...

150 years ago this month, the first cable car made its way down a San Francisco street with its ... The cable used in the present system is made of steel with a hemp center to increase flexibility.

San Francisco’s iconic ... to save the city’s cable car after some leaders wanted to toss out the mode of transportation entirely for an underground cable system. Also honored at the ceremony ...

SAN FRANCISCO — San ... campaign to save the city's cable car after some leaders wanted to toss out the mode of transportation entirely for an underground cable system. Also honored at the ...