The Cable Car Gang

Several days of events commemorating the centennial of the cable cars were held. These began with a 5 o'clock in the morning celebration at Portsmouth Square on August 2, 1973, a celebration highlighted by Clay Street Hill Car No. 8 (from the Cable Car Museum), with some riders on board, being carried on a flatbed truck down the hill from Clay and Jones to the square duplicating Andrew S. Hallidie's first trip.