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''Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA ''
''Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA ''
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'''The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.'''
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'''Electrified buses replace the old streetcars by the late 1930s.'''


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Revision as of 21:55, 6 August 2011

Unfinished History


Castro-Market-switchback-1919.jpg

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.

Castro1$switchback-1919.jpg

May 2010 - Looking down Market Street at Clayton

Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA


Switchb1.jpg

The 33 streetcar maneuvers around a Ford motorcar around 1920.

Switchb3.jpg

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


Castro1$clayton-switchback.jpg

1998

Photo: Chris Carlsson



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