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Andrew Smith Hallidie
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Andrew Smith Hallidie promoted the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, which opened in 1873 as the world's first practical cable car system. He is regarded as the inventor of the cable car and the father of the San Francisco cable car system that still runs today.
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This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system.
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