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A cable car ride is an attraction in itself. Created in 1973 as an alternative to horse- drawn carriages, which pr oved difficult and at times ev en dangerous on the city s steep hills, cable cars actually hav e no engines. I nstead, cables r unning underground on the cable car lines mo ve at a constant speed of 91/2 mph. The car s conductor, called a gripper, controls a lever that opens and closes a vise-like grip on the cable to either mo ve or stop. The Powell-Hyde line r uns up some of S an
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