Unfinished History
Ferries and Cliff House steam train at Golden Gate Park terminal, 7th Avenue and Fulton, c. 1895.
Photo: Private Collection
Powell Street railroad entrance, 2009, now just an ornament.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Powell Street railroad entrance, closeup.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fulton Street west at 7th Avenue, 1927, old Powell RR house at left.
Photo: C. R. collection
Fulton Street west from 5th Avenue, 1912.
Photo: C. R. collection
Hauling the cable to the new McAllister Street cable house in 1882. This is Laguna and Fulton Streets.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Streetcar stop, Fulton Street, c. 1913
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Trains in the Outside Lands
As part of Shaping San Francisco's ongoing 25th anniversary celebration in 2023, long-time friends and collaborators at the Western Neighborhoods Project join us to explore the deep transit history of the west side of San Francisco. A lively evening featured the inestimable Emiliano Echeverria, whose knowledge of San Francisco's transportation history is unmatched. Emiliano drew from his remarkable DVD publications on the Steam Railroads of San Francisco and the history of United Railroads to reveal the transit-driven process of "conquering" the outside lands.
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