Clayton-Market Switchback

Unfinished History

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Market Street switchback at Mono and Caselli and Clayton, 1921.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library


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Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1925

Photo: private collector

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Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1920. Market was called Falcon Street at this spot until 1927.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz 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.

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May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton

Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA


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The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.

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Electrified buses replace the old streetcars by the late 1930s.


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33 MUNI bus on Stanyan near Haight Street, 1930s.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

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33 bus on Stanyan, c. 1955.

Photo: Private Collection

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1998

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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