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‘God bless these cable cars!’: San Francisco salutes 150 years of its icon born by the Bay

SAN FRANCISCO’S ICONIC cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half in style this week after city leaders, public transit fans and historical reenactors kicked off a birthday celebration downtown on Wednesday. The cable car, known today as a classic symbol of San Francisco, first operated on city streets 150 years ago on Aug. 2, 1873. On Wednesday, […]

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