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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad
Steam locomotives once puffed through the Richmond District.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Mar 30, 2019
(above) Lands End,
circa 1900
Ferries & Cliff House steam train, view northeast to Golden Gate and Fort Point. (Also called the Cliff Line train. It was converted to electric streetcar operations in 1905.)
How did San Francisco's Telegraph Hill get its name? An octagonal building at Point Lobos on the western edge of the city tells the story. Plus, information about David's wedding cake. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Aug 29, 2014)