Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn
Kid essentials
About this place
Free and genuinely fun for machine obsessed kids because you can watch the giant wheels pulling the real cables under the streets.
- Monday
- 12:00 am – 12:00 am
- Tuesday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Thursday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Friday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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