The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system. Of the 23 cable car lines established between 1873 and 1890, only three remain : two routes from downtown near Union Square to Fisherman's Wharf, and a third route along California Street.
Cable car on Hyde Street in 2023, with Alcatraz Island and Fisherman's Wharf in the background
Powell–Hyde cable car crossing Lombard Street on Russian Hill
The Clay Street Hill Railroad in its early years
A preserved Sutter Street Railway car
Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California, United States. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car line runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away.
Feluccas at Fisherman's Wharf at the foot of Union Street, circa 1891
Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat
Flying Scotsman on State Belt Railroad track, at Fisherman's Wharf, in 1972