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If you want to know how a cable car works, Cable Car Museum is the place to learn. The world's first cable car rests here and with it a concise explanation of how those little cable cars go halfway to the stars. In an underground viewing area, you can look at the system's enormous cable wheels, which pull 11 miles (18 kilometers) of cable at 9.5 miles (15 kilometers) per hour. The cable cars move by clamping onto it. Examine closely the steel cables, gears, and pulleys that bring this city's most famous transportation to life. Don't miss the gift shop, where you can purchase your very own length of used cable!
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Anatomy Of How Cable Cars WorkJan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Cable cars inspire many questions about what makes the cable cars move, how the cars take hold of the cable, how they go around corners, and what happens when one cable line has to cross another. This is a series of brief descriptions of how the cable cars are able to run up and down San Francisco's hills.
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Too Many Errors
For a Museum the displays are full of factual error; for example look at the cable car route map, pl...
Reviewed by:Walter from on Dec 18 2006
Learn about cable cars...
2 simple reasons why you must visit this place - it's the only museum of its kind in the world, ...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 25 2006
Must see! This is facinating!
If you have any interest in the history of cable cars or their mechanics, you shouldn't miss thi...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 15 2005
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