Queen Anne Counterbalance
The Queen Anne Counterbalance was a funicular streetcar line operated by the Seattle Electric Company, serving the steep slope along its namesake street on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, from 1901 to 1940. It replaced an earlier cable car line built by the Front Street Cable Railway in 1891.
Queen Anne Counterbalance cars in operation, c. 1910. View is directed north along Queen Anne Ave.
Cross-section of Queen Anne Counterbalance
Roadwork in 1934 exposed the tracks and center slot atop the second tunnel of the Counterbalance
Single-track Counterbalance c. 1901 or 1902, viewed north from Mercer, photographed by Asahel Curtis
Seattle Municipal Street Railway
The Seattle Municipal Street Railway was a city-owned streetcar network that served the city of Seattle, Washington and its suburban neighborhoods from 1919 to 1941. It was a successor to the horse-drawn Seattle Street Railway established in 1884, and immediate successor to the Puget Sound Traction, Power and Light Company's Seattle division.
Seattle Street Railway's first streetcar at Occidental Avenue and Yesler Way with Mayor John Leary and city officials in the fall of 1884
Roadwork in 1934 exposed the tracks and center slot atop the second tunnel of the Counterbalance
Cross-section of Queen Anne Counterbalance
Image: Cable powerhouse at 2nd Ave. and Denny Way, ca. 1892 DPLA 89c 0e 4a 6d 6888e 7868a 9095152ce 8cbd
