If you enjoy images of old transit vehicles, you might enjoy this:
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/resour...photo-18374821
jtk
If you enjoy images of old transit vehicles, you might enjoy this:
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/resour...photo-18374821
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
I believe that the San Francisco fire department is the last department to have it's own wooden ladder shop. They still make and use only wooden ladders. Can you buy a wood ladder any more?
I have seen used wire from the Golden gate bridge for sale but never cable car wire. It may be because the car wire would be very greasy?
Bill D.
http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/
Last edited by Bill Dufour; 10-17-2019 at 9:34 AM.
Bill, a few years back a link was posted to a video about the SFFD's Ladder Shop. The thread devolved into political mud slinging. Hopefully linking to a story about a high quality shop building ladders can stay on the beauty of the craft instead of personal political feelings:
https://gizmodo.com/inside-san-franc...are-1552279252
Often the cheaper way is not a better way.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Here is a couple of pictures of street cars in my home town, Hampton Virginia (est 1610).
1888 – J. S. Darling organizes the Hampton and Old Point Railway Co., a trolley line.
The Soldiers Home was built for veterans, it is now the Veterans Administration Hospital.
1888 – J. S. Darling organizes the Hampton and Old Point Railway Co., a trolley line.jpg
1895, this view down an unpaved expanse of East Queen Street shows the early recovery of Hampton after the devastation of the Civil War and a second catastrophic fire in 1884.
1895, this view down an unpaved expanse of East Queen Street shows the early recovery of Hampton.jpg
Last edited by Keith Outten; 10-17-2019 at 9:10 PM.