Clayton-Market Switchback: Difference between revisions

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Unfinished History

Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1919

Photo: Greg Gaar 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

1998

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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+'''Market and Clayton switchback, c. 1919'''
-'''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: Greg Gaar Collection''
-''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+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.
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 ''Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA ''
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+'''1998'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''