The Inventor of the cable car, Andrew Hallidie, a Scot mining engineer moved to U.S. in 1852. His father filed the first patent in Great Britain for the manufacture of wire- rope. As an engineer, he found use of this technology in California’s Gold Country, in designing and building a suspension bridge across Sacramento’ American River and to pull heavy ore cars out of the underground mines on tracks.
After witnessing a horrible accident on a typically damp summer day in 1869, he got an idea to use the technology to become full blown-cable car railway system to deal with San Francisco’s fearsome hills.
On August 2, 1873 Andrew Hallidie tested the first cable car system near the top of Nob Hill at Clay and Jones Streets. Cable cars remained the primary mode of transportation until April 18, 1906 earthquake, when most of system was damanged. A municipal railway replaced most lines afterward. Today, they're the only vehicles of their kind still in operation and they are designated National Landmarks.
San Francisco was the first city to have cable cars.
I got this magnet from Souvenir Shop at Pier 39 San Francisco during my 7 days trip to LA-Las Vegus-San Francisco in May 2009. It was a fun and tired trip. I enjoyed San Francisco Scenary, the cable car, Lombard Street and the Golden Gate. Such a memorable trip.
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system
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