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| Coit Tower - a landmark of San Francisco, USA |
San Francisco is a city rich in American history and full of interesting stories about creative inventions and colourful characters.
The cable car of San Francisco is a readily recognizable landmark of the city.
Before the invention of the cable cars, horse drawn cars were used to haul people up the steep streets of San Francisco.
The cable car was invented by Andrew Smith Hallidie who was a manufacturer of wire rope.
His many experiments with uses for wire rope led to his development of the cable car system.
Today, we visited one of the free museums - the Cable Car Museum located at Mason and Jackson Street.
It is a working museum. From the platform on the second floor, we looked down and had a good view of huge wheels keeping cable cars operating smoothly.
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| Watching the Cables at Work at the Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, USA |
We saw displays of old cable cars and exhibits about the history of the development of the cable car and the various mechanical parts of this vehicle.
I noticed that the earthquake and the great fire of San Francisco in 1906 occupied a significant portion of the displays in a number of places we have visited.
This event played an important role in shaping the economic and cultural development of this city.
We learned about the differences between cable cars and streetcars
in this museum as well.
For people who are interested in automobiles, the Cable Car Museum could be an interesting place for them to visit.
R.T.
Cable Car Museum
San Francisco
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