Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers install a new sheave to turn cable cars around at Powell and Market streets in San Francisco. Powell and Market has one of ...
Nearly every cable car has a secret. Hidden underneath the many of the benches — alongside GPS and electrical equipment — are small time capsules placed by the carpenters who repair the cars. Mark ...
Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...
Cable Car lines running between Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf and near the Ferry Building in San Francisco are down the ...
More than a dozen people were injured when a cable car in San Francisco came to a screeching halt on Monday afternoon, rattling passengers inside, according to authorities. A total of 15 people ...