The San Francisco cable car system began service on Clay Street in 1873 and is the world's last manually operated cable car system, still carrying passengers over the city's hills on three lines today.
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Completion Year SignificanceListed on the National Register of Historic Places and named a National Historic Landmark, one of only two street railways to hold that status. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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