September 2023 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- September1, 2023

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 sesquicentennial, Gripman and historian Val Lupiz and conductor Derrick Johnson pose with the One Spot. They operated the car that day. Please excuse the tilt; I think the photo captures an important moment.
2. On the Centennial and Sesquicentennial of the Birth of the Cable Car page:
   Added a new article about the Cable Car Sesquicentennial Celebration.
3. On the Who page: Added new photos of Fannie Barnes and Andrew S Hallidie
4. Added a News item about San Francisco's Trolley Titan, United Railroads of San Francisco, a new book by Emiliano Echeverria with Walter Rice, and Michael Dolgushkin with Paul Trimble
5. Archived June 2023 What's New

Ten years ago this month (September, 2013):

1. Picture of the Month: A cartoon from the 01-January-1889 Pittsburg Dispatch shows the new and the old of Pittsburg. "Cable cars to all parts of the city" is part of the new. Pittsburgh tried to drop the "h" for a time in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
2. On the Pennsylvania page: The Pittsburgh Traction Company, Pittsburgh's first Hallidie-type cable car line
3. On the Who page: Added a profile from the Street Railway Journal about prolific cable traction engineer Andrew D Whitton. Also Henry Casebolt's profile
4. On the Horse Car Home Page: A 1927 Photoplay photo from Harold Lloyd's movie Speedy
5. Added News item about Cal Cable tracks and conduit dug up near Scott Street

Twenty years ago this month (September, 2003):

Picture of the Month: A rainy day at Hayes and Van Ness in 1890

Added more photos to the Market Street Cable Railway and More Market Street Pictures pages. Thumbnailed pictures on page with excerpt from "South of the Slot" by Jack London

Rolled out new page about the Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest

Added information about new cable car fares.

Added 1903 phone numbers for several SF companies.

150 Years Ago This Month (September, 1873): September 1 - The Clay Street Hill Cable Railroad started revenue service

125 Years Ago This Month (September, 1898): September 16 - The Vine Street Cable Railway (Cincinnati, OH) closed

Coming in October, 2023: More about the 150th birthday of the cable cars

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

The Cable Car Home Page also has an Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/cable_car_guy/

Joe Thompson
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http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
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Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 31-August-2023)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (new blog)
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/