We left Coit Tower around 5pm and walked down the Filbert Steps into Filbert Street.
wow custom hat shop O.O
I saw a shop providing a coin washing service too. Vintage much?
After passing by the Washington Square Park, we turned left into Mason street and walked straight till we reached the Cable Car Museum, housed in the old-fashioned red-brick building.
Although the walk is only about a mile long, we stopped by to take photos, enjoy the sights and eat buns from one of the bakeries in Chinatown. So we only reached the museum around 5:30 pm and had to rush a bit as the closing time is 6pm.
Opening Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm DAILY (Oct - Mar)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm DAILY (Apr - Sep)
Entrance Fees: FREE
How to get there: On foot or
By cable car (Powell-Hyde or Powell-Mason lines)
Cable cars are San Francisco's iconic mode of transportation, which is still in use today (although mostly for tourists). And it is definitely intriguing to learn how these cable car works.
This museum is actually a museum, car depot and power house combined into one. There was even a souvenir shop, with merchandise ranging from memorabilia, clothes, books and postcards to even cable car bells.
We saw cable machinery in action and discovered about its colourful history through antique versions (dating back as early as the 1870s) and photographs. Can you believe that system has been around for decades, since 1873?
A brief history - Andrew Smith Hallidie witnessed horses being whipped while they were struggling to pull a horse-car up the slope. Then he thought of a cable-driven rail system to serve as a public transport. It also helped that his father already gained a patent for his invention - wire rope cable. He finally tested the first cable car on 2 August 1873 and the rest, as they say, is a history.
Bay Bridge & Treasure Island
Uncle fetched us from the Cable Car Museum slightly after 6pm. We thought we would be heading home immediately but he drove us through the Bay Bridge and brought us to Treasure Island to enjoy a mesmerizing sunset!
While Golden Gate Bridge is the most prominent bridge of the San Francisco bay area, Bay Bridge follows as a close-second. It is a double suspension bridge with two decks, serving westbound traffic on the upper level and eastbound traffic on the lower one.
making use of the waiting time for Uncle to fetch us :D
While Golden Gate Bridge is the most prominent bridge of the San Francisco bay area, Bay Bridge follows as a close-second. It is a double suspension bridge with two decks, serving westbound traffic on the upper level and eastbound traffic on the lower one.
Opened in 1936, Bay Bridge has already served millions of residents by connecting San Francisco & Oakland. Did you know that over 200,000 vehicles pass by this bridge every single day?
Despite various natural hurdles such as proximity of two earthquake fault lines, turbulent water, gusty wind and varying soil and water depth, Bay Bridge stands proudly today as an engineering marvel.
Tolls are collected for westbound vehicles only, ranging from USD 4 (weekday off-peak hours), USD 5 (weekends) to USD 6 (weekday peak hours).
In the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, there are Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island. While the former is natural, the latter is a completely man-made, artificial island, built in 1936-37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.There were even naval station and auxiliary air facility, although they closed down in 1997.
View of San Francisco skyscrapers from the western shore of the Treasure Island
Let me just sign off with this view of a beautiful sunset (although my photo didn't do justice to the spectacular view)!
Adios!
xoxo
Miss N
Despite various natural hurdles such as proximity of two earthquake fault lines, turbulent water, gusty wind and varying soil and water depth, Bay Bridge stands proudly today as an engineering marvel.
Tolls are collected for westbound vehicles only, ranging from USD 4 (weekday off-peak hours), USD 5 (weekends) to USD 6 (weekday peak hours).
In the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, there are Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island. While the former is natural, the latter is a completely man-made, artificial island, built in 1936-37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.There were even naval station and auxiliary air facility, although they closed down in 1997.
Adios!
xoxo
Miss N
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