Clayton-Market Switchback: Difference between revisions

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Unfinished History

Market Street switchback at Mono and Caselli and Clayton, 1921.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1925

Photo: private collector

Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1920. Market was called Falcon Street at this spot until 1927.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection

This sharp turn from Clayton to Market was not negotiable by early streetcars so operators would "switch" the backs of the passenger seats at Market Street, thereby "switching" the streetcar in the reverse direction.

May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton

Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA

The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.

Electrified buses replace the old streetcars by the late 1930s.

33 MUNI bus on Stanyan near Haight Street, 1930s.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

33 bus on Stanyan, c. 1955.

Photo: Private Collection

1998

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Upper 18th Street just below Market, c. 1940s.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

Upper 18th Street looking east towards Hattie (at left), 1926.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

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+[[Image:Market Street Extension, original condition at switchback, Mono and Caselli 1921 AAB-6185.jpg]]
+'''Market Street switchback at Mono and Caselli and Clayton, 1921.'''
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
+[[Image:Castro-Market-switchback-1919.jpg]]
+'''Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1925'''
+''Photo: private collector''
+[[Image:Market-and-Clayton-switchback-(Market-called-Falcon-until-1927)-c-1920 SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
+'''Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1920. Market was called Falcon Street at this spot until 1927.'''
+''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
+This sharp turn from Clayton to Market was not negotiable by early streetcars so operators would "switch" the backs of the passenger seats at Market Street, thereby "switching" the streetcar in the reverse direction.
+[[Image:castro1$switchback-1919.jpg]]
+'''May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton'''
+''Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA ''
+[[Image:Switchb1.jpg|720px]]
+'''The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.'''
+[[Image:Switchb3.jpg|720px]]
+'''Electrified buses replace the old streetcars by the late 1930s.'''
+[[Image:33-on-Stanyan-near-Haight-1930s.jpg|720px]]
+'''33 MUNI bus on Stanyan near Haight Street, 1930s.'''
+''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''
+[[Image:33BUS955.jpg]]
+'''33 bus on Stanyan, c. 1955.'''
+''Photo: Private Collection''
 [[Image:castro1$clayton-switchback.jpg]]
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 '''1998'''
-'''This sharp turn from Clayton to Market was not negotiable by early streetcars so operators would "switch" the backs of the passenger seats at Market Street, thereby "switching" the streetcar in the reverse direction.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:Upper-18th-street-w-8-streetcar-c-1940s.jpg|720px]]
+'''Upper 18th Street just below Market, c. 1940s.'''
-[[Image:castro1$switchback-1919.jpg]]
+''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''
-'''c. 1921'''
+[[Image:Upper-18th-street-looking-east-towards-Hattie-at-left-1926.jpg|720px]]
-''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA ''
+'''Upper 18th Street looking east towards Hattie (at left), 1926.'''
+''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''
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