Quiz: What Do You Know about the San Francisco Cable Car System?
Quiz: What Do You Know about the San Francisco Cable Car System?
It's an innovative transportation system found nowhere else, but you you know how it works?
The cable car is an icon of San Francisco. While the cable car lines are a tourist attraction today, the innovative technology was once the backbone of the city’s transportation system. Test your knowledge of the San Francisco cable car in this ASME quiz.
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