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Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn

Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
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Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
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Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
Related names: Hallidie, Andrew S; Harvey, Charles T; Beauregard, George F; Gardiner, E S; Eppelsheimer, William; San Fransicso Municipal Railway; Clay Street Hill Railroad; Sutter Street Railroad; Traction Railroad Company; United Railroads of San Francisco; California Street Cable Railroad Company; Stanford, Leland; Root, Henry; Borel, Antoine; Stetson, James B; Market Street Railway; Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company; Sutro, Gustav; Ferries and Cliff House Railway; Adams, W J; Martin, William H; Ballard, John; Magee, Thomas; Lynch, Henry H; Holmes; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, sponsor; Griffin, Douglas L, project manager; Baer, Marjorie, project manager; O'Bannon, Patrick W, field team project manager · Public domain
Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
Related names: Hallidie, Andrew S; Harvey, Charles T; Beauregard, George F; Gardiner, E S; Eppelsheimer, William; San Fransicso Municipal Railway; Clay Street Hill Railroad; Sutter Street Railroad; Traction Railroad Company; United Railroads of San Francisco; California Street Cable Railroad Company; Stanford, Leland; Root, Henry; Borel, Antoine; Stetson, James B; Market Street Railway; Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company; Sutro, Gustav; Ferries and Cliff House Railway; Adams, W J; Martin, William H; Ballard, John; Magee, Thomas; Lynch, Henry H; Holmes; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, sponsor; Griffin, Douglas L, project manager; Baer, Marjorie, project manager; O'Bannon, Patrick W, field team project manager · Public domain
Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
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Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn, a museum in California
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Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Woh Hei Yuen Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1853.

Wikidata Q5496957, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
61 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.79490, -122.41199
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Michelangelo Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Filbert Steps Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Grace Marchant Garden: 0.7 mi
  • East Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Sister City Gardens: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 55
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.1 mi
  • Temple: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitS 190°371 m7.5 mi
Richardson EastNW 309°338.6 m6.1 mi
Peak 1041NW 305°317.297 m7.3 mi
Mount DavidsonSSW 210°283 m4.5 mi
Slacker HillWNW 303°282 m5.1 mi
Hawk HillWNW 296°281 m5.3 mi
Mount SutroSW 224°278 m3.5 mi
Noe PeakSSW 213°274 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/30029681

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