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In this photo I don't see overhead power lines for the tram: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAADpw/bvPqIZrdDI04RQA_B1bloNfkG-QCHsHOwCL
by exodust 10y ago
In this photo I don't see overhead power lines for the tram:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAADpw/bvPqIZrdDI04RQA_B1bloNfkG-QCHsHOwCLcB/s1600/San%2BFrancisco%252C%2B1940s-50s%2B%25286%2529.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAAD...
Does this mean trams only went downhill on this particular road? Or were they powered some other way? Other photos show overhead wires.
- stormbrew 10y agoThat'd be a cable car, I think. It's pulled along by a cable embedded in the middle 'rail', afaik.
- exodust 10y agoAh, of course. Thanks.
- bluejekyll 10y agoYeah, that middle "rail" is the underground cable. I don't recognize the street, but that doesn't mean much. There were a bunch of cable car lines that were removed, we now have three left: https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html It looks like most were removed in the 40's, and 50's https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html
- avisser 10y agoI believe that is the cable-car line.