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Title
The Market Street Railway Company's Fulton Street cable
Date Created and/or Issued
1895 Aug. 18
Contributing Institution
San Francisco Public Library
Collection
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description
Folder: S.F. Transportation-Cable Cars-Companies-Market Street Railway Company-Fulton Street Line.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On front: "THE MARKET STREET RAILWAY COMPANY'S FULTON STREET CABLE; MANUFACTURED BY THE WASHBURN & MOEN MFG. CO. MAKERS OF BARBED, BALING, COPPER, INSULATED WIRE, ROPE NAILS, SPRINGS BALE TIES. Works: Worcester, Mass.; Waukegan, Ill.; San Francisco, Cal. SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: 8 AND 10 PINE STREET. LENGTH OF FULTON STREET CABLE, 31,000 FEET. DIAMETER OF CABLE, 1 1/4 INCH. WEIGHT OF CABLE, REEL AND TRUCK, 130,000 LBS. REQUIRING 56 HORSES TO HAUL.
Written on back: "Going west on GG Ave., past Jefferson Square".
Negative #2006
Type
image
Extent
1 photographic print:
Subject
Transportation--Cable Cars--Companies--Market Street Railway Company--Fulton Street Line
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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