Fillmore Street Cars: Difference between revisions

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"I was there..."

from Walter de Vecchi, Marina Memories

Looking north down Fillmore Street about 1920 from Pacific Heights toward landfill which had hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

FILLMORE STREET CARS

And who could forget the intriguing, though at times temperamental, Fillmore streetcars? From Green to Broadway towered two massive Kilamanjaros, mixtures of dirt, grass and cobblestone. One single cable was attached both to the descending and ascending cars. By means of accurately synchronized bell signals both motormen knew exactly when to begin their runs, and the descending car would pull the ascending car uphill.

View southward up Fillmore Street from Cow Hollow, Greenwich Street c. 1905

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp4.1537

Fillmore north from Broadway, 1903.

Photo: C. R. collection, also SFMTA U00029

New cars pose on Fillmore Street, 1920s.

Photo: provenance unknown

Fillmore Street near Green, 1930s.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp5.50012

Fillmore Street south at Union, c. 1940.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.1371

Marina Memories, courtesy California History Center; De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

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 ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
-[[Image:Fillmore-north-from-Braodway-1903 72dpi.jpg|720px]]
+<font size=4>FILLMORE STREET CARS</font size>
+And who could forget the intriguing, though at times temperamental, Fillmore streetcars? From Green to Broadway towered two massive Kilamanjaros, mixtures of dirt, grass and cobblestone. One single cable was attached both to the descending and ascending cars. By means of accurately synchronized bell signals both motormen knew exactly when to begin their runs, and the descending car would pull the ascending car uphill.
+[[Image:Fillmore and Greenwich circa 1905 wnp4.1537.jpg|800px]]
+'''View southward up Fillmore Street from [[AND THEY CALLED IT "COW HOLLOW"|Cow Hollow]], Greenwich Street c. 1905'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp4.1537''
+[[Image:U00029-SFMTA 1903-Fillmore-counterbalance-cars.jpg|792px]]
 '''Fillmore north from Broadway, 1903.'''
-''Photo: C. R. collection''
+''Photo: C. R. collection, also SFMTA U00029''
-'''FILLMORE STREET CARS'''
+[[Image:Fillmore-Street-with-1920s-cars.jpg]]
-And who could forget the intriguing, though at times temperamental, Fillmore streetcars? From Green to Broadway towered two massive Kilamanjaros, mixtures of dirt, grass and cobblestone. One single cable was attached both to the descending and ascending cars. By means of accurately synchronized bell signals both motormen knew exactly when to begin their runs, and the descending car would pull the ascending car uphill.
+'''New cars pose on Fillmore Street, 1920s.'''
+''Photo: provenance unknown''
+[[Image:Fillmore near Green 1930s wnp5.50012.jpg|800px]]
+'''Fillmore Street near Green, 1930s.'''
-[[Image:Fillmore-north-1912.gif]]
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp5.50012''
-'''Fillmore Street north, as a truck is stuck trying to climb the hill, 1912.'''
+[[Image:Fillmore and Union circa 1940 wnp14.1371.jpg|800px]]
-''Photo: Private Collection''
+'''Fillmore Street south at Union, c. 1940.'''
-[[Image:Fillmore-hill-w-car-1910.gif]]
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.1371''
-'''A new car poses on Fillmore Street, 1910.'''
-''Photo: Private Collection''
+<hr>
 ''Marina Memories'', courtesy [http://www.calhistory.org/ California History Center]; De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
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