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Hansom cab and driver in the 2004 movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, set in 1903 London A Hansom cab on Prince Consort Road, London, 1904 London Cabmen, 1877. The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York.
Growler: the four-wheeled version of a hansom cab; Horsebus; Hackney carriage: A carriage for hire, especially in London. Hansom cab: a one-horsed, two-wheeled, maneuverable public hire vehicle. A cab designed by Joseph Hansom; Hearse: The horse-drawn version of a modern hearse. Herdic: A specific type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus.
The first taxicab company in New York City was the Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company (E.C.W.C.), which began running 12 electric hansom cabs in July 1897. [41] The company ran until 1898 with up to 62 cabs operating until it was reformed by its financiers to form the Electric Vehicle Company. [42]
Then, in 1834, the hansom cab was patented by Joseph Hansom: a jaunty single-horse, two-wheel carriage with a distinctive appearance, designed to carry passengers safely in an urban environment. The hansom cab quickly established itself as the standard two-wheel hackney carriage and remained in use into the 20th century. [13] London growler c. 1900
In London, Walter Bersey designed a fleet of such cabs and introduced them to the streets of London on 19 August 1897. [22] They were soon nicknamed 'Hummingbirds' due to the idiosyncratic humming noise they made. [11] In the same year in New York City, the Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company began running 12 electric hansom cabs. [23]
The two-wheeled hansom cab, first seen in 1834, was the most common type of cab on London's roads throughout the Victorian era, but there were many types, like the four-wheeled Hackney carriage, in addition to the coaches, private carriages, coal-wagons, and tradesmen's vehicles which crowded the roads. [80]
These also included hansom cabs, a more elaborate type with a closed-in cabin for passengers with two small front doors and glass windows and their driver sitting high at the back. This type of vehicle was a standard type used in England. Hansom cabs were used in Brisbane until 1935, operating from a rank outside the Supreme Court in George Street.
The Hansom Cab is a Grade II listed public house at 84–86 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London W8 6EG. It is on the corner with Pembroke Square. [1] A hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage, as illustrated on the pub's sign.