Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. Today only 40 are left: 28 “single-enders” serve the Powell Street routes and 12″double-enders” serve the California street route. These cars have capacity of carrying more than 60 people.

Take a look at the infographic by Visually and know more about the cable car system in San Francisco.

Read About San Francisco’s Cable Car Museum: 

San Francisco day trip is not complete without a ride on the cable car. It was established in 1974. It is operated by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum as a nonprofit educational facility. The museum houses three antique cable cars from 1870,it also offers a variety of cable car memorabilia, clothing, books, cards and cable car bells!

Let’s Jump To The History Of Cable Cars:

The idea of San Francisco cable car system came from a man who witnessed a terrifying accident on a typically damp summer day in 1869.

Hallidie was born in England and moved to the U.S. in 1852. His father registered the first patent in Great Britain the manufacture the wire- rope. Then, Hallidie started using this technology in California’s Gold Country. He used the wire rope to design and build a suspension bridge across Sacramento’s American River. He founded another use of wire-rope for pulling huge ore cars out of the underground mines on tracks.The next step was moving his wire rope to San Francisco.