Author: Delos Franklin Wilcox
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
San Francisco's Street Railway Problem
San Francisco Street Railway Franchises
Author: San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
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Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Publisher:
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Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
San Francisco's Market Street Railway
Author: Philip Hoffman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738529677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Market Street Railway Company thrived in an age when rails ruled San Francisco. Spanning the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the boom times of World War II, it had a long and legendary lifetime that is deeply ingrained in the city's early identity. Gradually, however, it became challenged by the emergence of the automobile, cheaper motor coaches, and "nickel jitneys"--competing cars on the same routes. The MSRy painted the fronts of its cars white to show up well in San Francisco's misty weather, and for many years people called them "the White Front cars." Franchise competition and city regulations undid MSRy, and its assets were absorbed into MUNI in 1944. However, the name lives on as the nonprofit Market Street Railway organization, dedicated to preserving the history of this company and also to retrofitting early streetcars from across the globe, putting them back in service on Market Street.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738529677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Market Street Railway Company thrived in an age when rails ruled San Francisco. Spanning the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the boom times of World War II, it had a long and legendary lifetime that is deeply ingrained in the city's early identity. Gradually, however, it became challenged by the emergence of the automobile, cheaper motor coaches, and "nickel jitneys"--competing cars on the same routes. The MSRy painted the fronts of its cars white to show up well in San Francisco's misty weather, and for many years people called them "the White Front cars." Franchise competition and city regulations undid MSRy, and its assets were absorbed into MUNI in 1944. However, the name lives on as the nonprofit Market Street Railway organization, dedicated to preserving the history of this company and also to retrofitting early streetcars from across the globe, putting them back in service on Market Street.
Book of Franchises Granted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
Author: San Francisco (Calif.)
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Category : Municipal franchises
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal franchises
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The People's Railway
Author: Anthony Perles
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Charter Amendment No. 24: Resettlement of Street Railway Franchises
Author: San Francisco (Calif.).
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Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Municipal Railway of San Francisco
Author: Martin Samuel Vilas
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Category : Municipal ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Municipal ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Municipal Railway of San Francisco, 1912-1921
Author: San Francisco (Calif.). Bureau of Engineering
Publisher:
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Category : Municipal ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Municipal ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Street and Electric Railways, 1902
Author: United States. Census Office
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Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Report on the Street Railway Transportation Requirements of San Francisco with Special Consideration to the Unification of Existing Facilities
Author: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description