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Located in the Nob Hill neighborhood at the Washington-Mason powerhouse and car barn, the Cable Car Museum contains a collection of historic cable cars, mechanical displays, and photos in exhibits that feature the San Francisco cable car system. The still working cable cars are also considered a working museum - You can two restored cars from the Clay Street Hill Railroad, and a perfectly restored car from the Sutter Street Railway from the 1870s, the only existing car from the original cable car company.

Established in 1974, the museum is part of the complex that also includes the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Co. building built in 1887 with the cable car powerhouse and the car "barn." Visitors can see the powerhouse from two overlook galleries – access is not allowed.

1201 Mason St, San Francisco, California 94108, Phone: 415-474-1887

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