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  2. San Francisco cable car system - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system.

  3. Clay Street Hill Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Clay St. Hill RR Co. No.8 at the San Francisco Cable Car Museum (2007) The Clay Street line started regular service on September 1, 1873, and was a financial success. In 1888, it was absorbed into the Sacramento-Clay line of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway, and it subsequently became a small part of the San Francisco cable car system. Today ...

  4. Andrew Smith Hallidie - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system, although both claims are open to dispute.

  5. San Francisco Cable Car Museum - Wikipedia

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    Website. cablecarmuseum.org. The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum. [1]

  6. Rüdesheim am Rhein - Wikipedia

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    65385. Dialling codes. 06722. Vehicle registration. RÜD. Website. stadt .ruedesheim .de. Rüdesheim am Rhein is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt, Hessen.

  7. San Francisco Municipal Railway - Wikipedia

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    Overhead line , 600 V DC. Average speed. 8.1 mph (13.0 km/h) [5] The San Francisco Municipal Railway ( / ˈmjuːni / MEW-nee; SF Muni or Muni ), is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California. It operates a system of bus routes (including trolleybuses ), the Muni Metro light rail system, three historic cable car lines ...

  8. San Francisco Railway Museum - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco Railway Museum is a local railway museum located in the South of Market area of San Francisco. [1] This small museum features exhibits on the antique streetcars of the F Market & Wharves and national landmark cable cars that continue to run along the city's major arteries. The museum is located at the Don Chee Way and Steuart ...

  9. Friedel Klussmann - Wikipedia

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    Friedel Klussmann. Friedel Klussmann (1896 – 1986) was a prominent member of San Francisco society. She is credited with leading the campaign that saved the San Francisco cable car system in the 1940s and 1950s, and the foundation of the San Francisco Beautiful organization in 1947. [1]

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