San Francisco Cable Car Museum

The cable car museum is a free museum in the nob hill neighborhood of san francisco california.

San francisco cable car museum. In 55 reviews. According to tripadvisor travelers these are the best ways to experience cable car museum. San francisco and sausalito from us 400 00 san francisco private sightseeing tour from us 269 00. The san francisco cable car system is the world s last manually operated cable car system.

Two routes from downtown near union. Located in san francisco s washington mason powerhouse and carbarn the museum provides a historical perspective and insight into today s system. Presenting cable car history technology information and gift shop. An icon of san francisco the cable car system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the san francisco municipal railway of the 23 lines established between 1873 and 1890 only three remain one of which combines parts of two earlier lines.

Presenting cable car history technology information and gift shop. Located at 1201 mason street it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the san francisco cable car system which can itself be regarded as a working museum. On the ground floor you will see the enormous machinery on which the cables that make the trolleys circulate throughout san francisco rotate. San francisco railway museum on the f line steuart st.

San francisco scavenger hunt adventure from 21 34 private tour. San francisco sightseeing 3 hour from 269 95 5 hour sightseeing tour. San francisco sightseeing 3 hour from us 269 95 5 hour sightseeing tour. Located in san francisco s washington mason powerhouse and carbarn the museum provides a historical perspective and insight into today s system.

The museum s main exhibition explains the history and operation of the cable car on learning how it functions you will understand the great expense that is involved in keeping the system running. In 26 reviews there is a gift shop on the premises with all manner of sf memorabilia focusing on cable car images natch. Book your tickets online for cable car museum san francisco. San francisco scavenger hunt adventure from us 21 34 private tour.

San francisco and sausalito from 400 00 san francisco private sightseeing tour from 269 00. Stop san francisco is one of the few places in the world where you can get the actual experience of riding vintage rail transit in its natural habitat the rumble of the motors under your feet the swaying of the car itself the smell of the brakes. In the cable car museum you will also be able to see. See 3 702 reviews articles and 1 360 photos of cable car museum ranked no 19 on tripadvisor among 795 attractions in san francisco.