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'''Streetcars numbers 5, 13, and 18 all going between Holy Cross Cemetery and Ferries, with routes into San Mateo County on San Jose Road, dated c. 1890s. This was the central point of operations of the San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway Company at San Jose Avenue and 30th Street. The building at left housed company offices and its dispatcher. Crews turned in their receipts here upon completing their runs. Through service from downtown to the county line and [[Dead City: Colma Where San Franciscans go to Die|Colma]] was not provided for some time after the company opened it line; passengers were obliged to transfer here. (''Charles Smallwood'') ''' | |||
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection'' | |||
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'''Streetcar Number 9 on 29th Street looking west, c. 1930.''' | |||
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection'' | |||
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Revision as of 11:11, 5 September 2014
Unfinished History
Westerly view up 30th Street from Noe, when it was just dirt paths in 1926.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Streetcars numbers 5, 13, and 18 all going between Holy Cross Cemetery and Ferries, with routes into San Mateo County on San Jose Road, dated c. 1890s. This was the central point of operations of the San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway Company at San Jose Avenue and 30th Street. The building at left housed company offices and its dispatcher. Crews turned in their receipts here upon completing their runs. Through service from downtown to the county line and Colma was not provided for some time after the company opened it line; passengers were obliged to transfer here. (Charles Smallwood)
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Streetcar Number 9 on 29th Street looking west, c. 1930.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection