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Description
Photograph of the interior of the San Diego Cable Car power house, ca.1900-1905. A motor (right) supplies electricity to turn the large wheels (left) around which the cables wrap. The cables extend out the end of the building (at back). The motor is labelled "San Diego Cable Rail".... This power house was for the San Diego Cable Road.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
Railroads, Cable Street-railroads Power supply Buildings San Diego Cable Car Company San Diego County--San Diego--General Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--General (Buildings) Power generation sites
Time Period
circa 1900/1905
Place
California San Diego USA
Source
1-120-14 [Microfiche number] 4981 [Accession number] CHS-4981 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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