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The Cable Car Museum is a nonprofit free-admission museum in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood that preserves the history and technology of the city's famed streetcar system.
It is housed above the site of the city's Washington-Mason cable car barn and powerhouse, which was founded in 1887 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors can explore sizeable collections of historic photographs, cable car models, and mechanical technology related to the system, along with three resorted 19th-century cable cars, including a car from the city's original Clay Street Hill Railway line.
An observation deck offers a look at the cable car powerhouse below in operation, letting visitors watch cable lines as they are pulled through large wheels and transport cars up into the building.
1201 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94108, Phone: 415-474-1887
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