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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+'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''
+''from Walter de Vecchi, '''Marina Memories'''''
 [[Image:marina$fillmore-north-c-1920.jpg]]
-'''Looking north down Fillmore Street about 1920 from Pacific Heights toward landfill which had hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915.'''
+'''Looking north down Fillmore Street about 1920 from Pacific Heights toward landfill which had hosted the [[SAILING TO BYZANTIUM: 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition|Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915]].'''
-''Photo: San Francisco History Room, SF Public Library''
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
-'''FILLMORE STREET CARS'''
+<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.
-''
---from Walter de Vecchi, Marina Memories''
-[[Image:Fillmore-north-1912.gif]]
+[[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, also SFMTA U00029''
+[[Image:Fillmore-Street-with-1920s-cars.jpg]]
+'''New cars pose on Fillmore Street, 1920s.'''
+''Photo: provenance unknown''
-'''Fillmore Street north, as a truck is stuck trying to climb the hill, 1912.'''
+[[Image:Fillmore near Green 1930s wnp5.50012.jpg|800px]]
-''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+'''Fillmore Street near Green, 1930s.'''
-[[Image:Fillmore-hill-w-car-1910.gif]]
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp5.50012''
-'''A new car poses on Fillmore Street, 1910.'''
+[[Image:Fillmore and Union circa 1940 wnp14.1371.jpg|800px]]
-''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+'''Fillmore Street south at Union, c. 1940.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.1371''
+<hr>
 ''Marina Memories'', courtesy [http://www.calhistory.org/ California History Center]; De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
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+[[category:Marina]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:Pacific Heights]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1940s]]