One half-hour downpour in late January overflowed worn out sewage systems, choking traffic and sending water shooting up from ...

The first cable car was invented in the late 19th century by Swiss engineer Wilhelm Felder, who developed the first mechanical system for transporting people using cables. Cable cars operate on a ...

San Francisco's cable car system is the last of its kind in the United States, given the title of a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The cable car was conceived after Andrew Smith Hallidie ...