I’m sure Angelenos were glad when the first cable car system opened in Los Angeles. The Second Street Cable Railway started operations in 1885, and ran from 2nd and Spring to 1st and Belmont, a run of around a mile and a quarter, with a power house at Boylston St. But more important to the locals, they no longer had to trudge up the steep incline a Bunker Hill, which must have been a huge relief.
The Second Street Cable Railway running up Spring St’s steep incline, Bunker Hill, downtown Los Angeles, 1898
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This view is looking East down 2nd Street from the intersection of 2nd and Grand.
Thanks Gordon. I really wasn’t sure which direction we’re looking in.