San Francisco's Magnificent Streetcars

by Kenneth C. Springirth

San Francisco's first cable car line opened in 1873. The successful development of the electric streetcar by Frank Sprague in 1888 plus the 1906 San Francisco earthquake resulted in the decline of the cable car system.
Concerned that the cable car system would vanish, San Francisco resident Friedel Klussmann rallied public support to save the cars. The 1982 shutdown of the cable car lines for their rebuilding led to Trolley Festivals beginning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634990013
• ISBN13: 9781634990011
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.7"