San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars

by Emiliano Echeverria and Walter Rice

Book Overview

San Francisco's cable cars are an internationally recognized symbol of the city, but they also have a long and fractious history. There are actually three cable lines in operation today: the California Street line and the two Powell Street lines-- the Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. The Powell Street lines have been the subject of much controversy through the years, due to a complex lineage of private and public ownership. Cable cars on Powell Street...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738530476
• ISBN13: 9780738530475
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"