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'''c. 1921'''
'''May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton'''


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA ''
''Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA ''





Revision as of 16:14, 26 May 2010

Unfinished History

Castro1$clayton-switchback.jpg

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

Castro1$switchback-1919.jpg

May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton

Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA


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