#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.

1870

(via University of California California Digital Library)

The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad was the first to connect the two cities. It ran the length of the peninsula.

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