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Revision as of 22:55, 6 August 2011
Unfinished History
Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1919
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection
This sharp turn from Clayton to Market was not negotiable by early streetcars so operators would "switch" the backs of the passenger seats at Market Street, thereby "switching" the streetcar in the reverse direction.
May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton
Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA
The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.
Electrified buses replace the old streetcars by the late 1930s.
1998
Photo: Chris Carlsson