Streetcars: The C Geary-California Line
C Geary-California Streetcar Line
Service begun: February 19, 1915 (to 13th Avenue) as Municipal Railway's seventh route. Line extended to 33rd Avenue and California on March 28, 1915.
Route: From the Ferry Building to 33rd Avenue, via Market, Geary, 2nd Avenue, Cornwall and California Streets.
Rail service end: MUNI removed the route from California Street in 1949, making the western terminal at 2nd Avenue and Cornwall. The line was completely eliminated on December 29, 1956.
Car M0002 at 2nd Avenue and Clement Street, 1948.
Image: Courtesy of the collection of Jack Tillmany
Sources: Jack Tillmany; John Coll; The People's Railway, Anthony Perles, Interurban Press, 1981; Inside MUNI, John McKane and Anthony Perles, Interurban Press, 1982.
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