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Powell Street Cable Car
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated Cable car (railway), cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the Intermodal passenger transport, intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves Heritage railway#Heritage tramways, heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system. Of the 23 cable car lines established between 1873 and 1890, only three remain (one of which combines parts of two earlier lines): two routes from downtown near Union Square, San Francisco, California, Union Square to Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf, and a third route along California Street (San Francisco), California Street. While the cable cars are used to a certain extent by commuters, the vast majority of the millions of passengers who use the system every year are tourists, and as a result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyde Street
Hyde Street is an iconic street in San Francisco, California. Hyde Street connects the Aquatic Park Historic District to Market Street Market Street may refer to: *Market Street, Cambridge, England *Market Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia * Market Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia *Market Street, Manchester, England *Market Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia .... A portion of the street is served by the Powell–Hyde line of the San Francisco cable car system, and the northern terminal of that line is on Hyde Street. The street also became famous for Rice-A-Roni commercials; almost every commercial ends with a cable car on the street. As of 2018, 300 block of the street in Tenderloin is unsanitary due to a high concentration of homeless drug addicts. References External links * Russian Hill, San Francisco Shopping districts and streets in the United States Streets in San Francisco {{California-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
