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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

San Francisco gets it's first municipally owned streetcars

December 28, 1912, San Francisco gets it's first municipally owned streetcars

The above image shows large crowds gathered Dec. 28, 1912, as Municipal Railway begins service, making public transit history. Photo: Chronicle Archive Photo / SF

In this undated file photo, a cable car is turned on Powell Street and Market in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle   


A worker repairs the cable car tracks.


1940's Market Street at Geary
20 Streetcars are visible in this 1939 picture at Market, Geary and Kearny streets.
Carolers sing on a cable car in San Francisco on Dec. 23, 1946.

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