Read About Cable Cars and Other Historic Public Transit Modes in Cities Other Than San Francisco

WHEN THE ENDLESS WIRE ROPE STOPPED IN DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND,
SAN FRANCISCO WAS LEFT ALONE.

Dunedin, New Zealand had the first cable car operation outside of North America, last cable car service in the world outside of San Francisco and was the location where both the pull curve and emergency slot brake were developed. Given Dunedin's uniqueness, the Cable Car Museum is offering these articles to provide an illustration of this Dunedin's cable car era. The Museum thanks Wayne Duncan for providing this Dunedin material.

The California Street Cable Railroad Company’s Connection to the Emerald City – Seattle
By Don F. Holmgren

After the California Street Cable R.R. Co. in collaboration with John Hammond & Co. developed in 1888 the California-type cable car, a design that featured open sections at each end and an enclosed center section, two Seattle cable car companies had Hammond in 1900-01 build sixteen California-type for their operations. A Hammond product was the last Seattle cable car in 1940. This is a chronicle of Seattle's California-type cable cars.

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