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Fort Mason<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Railroad tunnel used by the State Belt to reach Fort Mason and the Presidio. Featured in the movie Dirty Harry<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Fourth Street Interlocking Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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5th and Townsend Streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Interlocking tower constructed in the early Seventies to handle train movements at SP’s 3rd & Townsend (and soon after, 4th & Townsend) terminal. Replaced an earlier structure that was actually<\/em> located on 4th Street, hence the name. Now used by Caltrain as a yardmaster’s office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pier 43 Barge Slip and Ferry Arch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pier 48, Embarcadero<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Probably the most exquisite barge slip in the City, featuring a large arch. Used by the State Belt to receive cars from multiple railroads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Private Car “WaaTeeKaa”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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50 Beale Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Representation of the private car used by the Bechtel family in the 1920s on large construction jobs. Restored “WaaTeeKaa” is a former C.St.P.M.&O. car and now houses the Bechtel Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Santa Fe Barge Slip<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pier 52, China Basin<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Santa Fe’s second barge slip at China Basin (their first was at the mouth of the Mission Creek Channel).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Southern Pacific Headquarters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Market Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Systemwide headquarters of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Built 1916. Sold in 1998, after the 1996 UP merger. Continues to serve as an office building for its current tenants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Southern Pacific Hospital<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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1400 Fell Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Hospital building constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1908 for treatment of employees. Closed in 1968. Now houses Mercy Terrace, an assisted living community.D.O.A.<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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State Belt Roundhouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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1500 Sansome Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n San Francisco’s other surviving roundhouse. Former roundhouse, sandhouse, and office of the State Belt Railroad, built in 1918. Converted to an office building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Street Railway and Cable Railway Landmarks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Cable Car Signal Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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California & Powell Streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Controls the intersection of the California Street and Powell Street cable car lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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MUNI Cameron Beach Yard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Geneva & San Jose Avenues<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Used to have a brick car barn, but it was demolished after sustaining heavy damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The yard’s historic office building and adjacent powerhouse survive and now house a youth arts center. MUNI still uses the yard out back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Clay Street Hill Railroad Plaque<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Clay & Kearney streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n California Historical Landmark #500. Commemorates the site of the eastern terminus of the world’s first cable railroad, the Clay Street Hill Railroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ferries and Cliff House Railway Car Barn and Powerhouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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1201 Mason Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Built 1887. Still serves as a car barn for San Francisco’s three remaining cable car lines, and also hosts the Cable Car Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fort Mason Streetcar Shelter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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MacArthur & Franklin Streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n A streetcar shelter constructed by MUNI for use by ‘H’ line streetcars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Geary Car House<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Geary Boulevard & Presidio Avenue<\/h6>\n\n\n\n A former MUNI car barn and office building. Now used by buses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railroad Car Barn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Geary & Arguello Boulevards<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Former car barn for the GSP&O.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Golden Gate Park Streetcar Shelter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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7th & Fulton Streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Shelter for the Powell Street Railroad’s Golden Gate Park stop. Built 1889.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Market Street Railway Substation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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1190 Fillmore Street<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Powered the Market Street Railway’s Fillmore Street line. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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MUNI Potrero Yard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mariposa & Hampshire Streets<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Car barn and yard formerly used by streetcars, now used for trolley buses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Railroad Marine Vessels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Maritime operations were a major part of San Francisco’s railroad history, and a few railroad-owned ferries and tugboats can still be seen on display in the City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Southern Pacific Ferry “Eureka”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Hyde Street Pier<\/h6>\n\n\n\n The last intact wooden-hulled sidewheel steamer afloat in the continental U.S., Eureka is significant as an example of a type of steamer that led U.S. inland waterborne commerce into the industrial era.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Western Pacific Tugboat “Hercules”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Hyde Street Pier<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Constructed in 1907, Hercules broke many towing records, beginning with her maiden voyage through the Straits of Magellan towing her sister ship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Southern Pacific Ferry “Santa Rosa”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pier 3<\/h6>\n\n\n\n Built in 1927 for SP subsidiary Golden Gate Ferries. Currently serves as Hornblower Cruises’ headquarters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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