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#TBT: San Francisco's Stagecoaches, Steamboats, Trains and Cable Cars, 1849-1917
The world's first cable car, built in 1873. (Courtesy of State Library)

#TBT: San Francisco's Stagecoaches, Steamboats, Trains and Cable Cars, 1849-1917

By
V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi
Sep 28, 2017

To celebrate Transit Week (Sep. 25-Oct. 1) in San Francisco, we're taking a gander back at the various modes of transportation that got San Franciscans from point A to point B from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

1860-1875

(Photo by Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher, via Online Archive of California)

The Chrysopolis was a side-wheel steamboat that transported locals between SF and Sacramento. It ran from 1860 to 1875, when it was rebuilt as the steam ferry Oakland.

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