File:Front Street Cable Railway Company power house and cable cars, Seattle, circa 1890 (MOHAI 9681).jpg
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editEnglish: Front Street Cable Railway Company power house and cable cars, Seattle, circa 1890
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English: Front Street Cable Railway Company power house and cable cars, Seattle, circa 1890 |
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English: In 1888, J. M. Thompson, a developer of San Francisco's cable car lines, joined with Seattle developer Fred Sander to build the Front Street Cable Railway. The line ran along what is now First Avenue from Pioneer Square to Pike Street, and south along Second Avenue. Thompson and Sander later extended service to the north, up steep Queen Anne Hill. In this image, several Front Street cable cars wait in front of the line's power house. Painted on center car: Front, Second & Depot St.; Front St. Cable Railway Co. Caption information source: "Cable cars enter service in Seattle on September 28, 1887," by Walt Crowley, HistoryLink essay 2690
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English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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| Date | circa 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w |
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| Dimensions | height: 4.5 in (11.4 cm); width: 7.5 in (19 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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| Credit Line | MOHAI, Benjamin Pettit Photograph Collection, 1980.6923.47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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