Blue sky view, near Hyde Street, Cable Car 6 approaching people at Powell Hyde Cable Car Terminal, San Francisco, California
Cable Car 6 approaching the Powell Hyde Cable Car End of Line turning circle in the background of the view. Originally horse-drawn, the San Francisco Cable Cars were electrified in 1892. Cable cars, in contrast to street cars (trams), are pulled by a cable running below the street. The cable, cm in diameter, is held by a grip that extends from the cable car through a slit in the street surface between the rails. Each cable runs at a constant speed of mph ( kph) and is driven by a 510 HP (380 kw) engine in a central power house. The Powell-Hyde Line (Line 60) runs north, towards the steep incline of Hyde Street, from the terminal at Powell and Hyde Street. San Francisco Municipal Railway's Cable Car System is the last manually operated cable car system in the world.
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Location: Powell Hyde Cable Car End of Line, Hyde Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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