August, 2023 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- August 1, 2023

San Francisco Examiner, 02-August-1973

I just put the August 2023 version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/

It includes some new items:
1. Picture of the Month: On the day of the centennial, the front page of the San Francisco Examiner featured a photo of the parade of decorated cable cars. (Source: San Francisco Examiner, 1973-08-02, Page 1).
2. On the Centennial and Sesquicentennial of the Birth of the Cable Car page: More ads and collectibles and an article about the Cable Car Carpentry Shop Tour.
3. Added News items about the death of Tony Bennett and the 125th birthday of the Ferry Building.

Ten years ago this month (August, 2013):
1. Picture of the Month: A diagram giving details of J. P. F. Kuhlmann's counterbalance system, used to move electric streetcars up and down hills in Seattle and Portland. (Source: "Kuhlmann's Counterbalance System of Operating Electric Cars on Steep Grades", Electrical Engineer, July 19, 1893.).
2. On the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: More about Seattle and Portland Counterbalances, including selected articles from The Street Railway Journal.
3. On the Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest page, added more about the 50th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest
4. On the Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars page: Added screen captures from Buster Keaton's "Daydreams", with Powell/Mason cable cars and one electric streetcar.

Twenty years ago this month (August, 2003):
1. Picture of the Month: Seattle, Second and Madison
2. Added the August installment of Val Lupiz's quarterly column, Tales From the Grip
3. Added more about Seattle cable cars and counterbalances to the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page.
4. Added Disney pin and Italian Charm to the Kitsch page.

5. Added photos to the SF Muni page: Washington/Jackson and old Powell/Mason dash signs and on the Ferries & Cliff House Railway page a Sacramento/Clay sign, all thanks to Val Lupiz

150 Years Ago This Month (August, 1873): August 2 - The Clay Street Hill Cable Railroad made its first test run

100 Years Ago This Month (August, 1923): August 1 - The City of Glasgow takes ownership of the cable-operated Glasgow District Subway

50 Years Ago This Month (August, 1973): August 2 - The 100th birthday of the cable car

The Cable Car Home Page now has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CableCarHomePage/

Joe Thompson
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