Tag: cable

Well before the bell-dings of Rice-A-Roni ads brought long lines of tourists, cable cars were a mainstay of San Francisco transportation. In fact, cable cars reigned. At twice the speed of horse-pulled carriages, these boxy rattlers could climb the city’s steepest hills when horses wouldn&r...

Long ago, a young sailor was assigned his first sea duty after returning from Vietnam and being transferred out of what is now called the United States Naval Special Warfare Command (which is different from the much-more famous sub-group, the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, also c...