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Fillmore Counterbalance
Overview
Other name(s)Fillmore-Street Line
LocaleSan Francisco, California
Service
Operator(s)Market Street Railway/United Railroads
History
Opened5 August 1895; 128 years ago (1895-08-05)
Closed5 April 1941; 83 years ago (1941-04-05)
Technical
Track length
  • 3,100 ft (940 m) (B'way to Bay)
  • 700 ft (210 m) (B'way to Green)
Number of tracks2
CharacterCombination electric & cable-hauled streetcar

The Fillmore Counterbalance was a streetcar device operated by the Market Street Railway (MSRy) in San Francisco. It aided the company's 22 Fillmore line in traversing the steep northern slope of Fillmore Street from 1895 to 1941. The weight of a descending car helped lift ascending cars. It was a unique operation for its use of mechanical cable haulage for an otherwise electrically-powered route.

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