Nob Hill

Nob Hill

Here is a picture of California Street just as a cable car starts its descent down the street.

The cable car was invented because San Francisco's streets were too steep for horse-drawn carriages and wagons. One day, the cable car inventor saw a team of horses that was dragged backwards when the wagon tried to climb a hill. Poor horses, I can just imagine the pain!

BTW, they call it Nob Hill because that's where all the "nobs" used to live. A long time ago, nob was a slang term for very wealthy people.