Hansom cab - Wikipedia Originally called the Hansom safety cab, it was designed to combine speed with safety, with a low centre of gravity for safe cornering Hansom's original design was modified by John Chapman and several others to improve its practicability, but retained Hansom's name
Joseph Hansom and the Hansom Cab - Historic UK Joseph Hansom invented the Hansom Safety Cab or Hansom Cab, but what is less well known is his work as a prolific architect He also founded the magazine, The Builder
Hansom cab | Victorian Era, Horse-Drawn, London | Britannica hansom cab, low, two-wheeled, closed carriage patented in 1834, whose distinctive feature was the elevated driver’s seat in the rear It was entered from the front through a folding door and had one seat above the axle with room for two passengers
20 Amazing Photographs of Hansom Cabs From Between the Late 19th and . . . Hansom cabs enjoyed immense popularity as they were fast, light enough to be pulled by a single horse (making the journey cheaper than traveling in a larger four-wheel coach) and were agile enough to steer around horse-drawn vehicles in the notorious traffic jams of nineteenth-century London
The Hansom Cab – A horse-drawn carriage which once dominated the . . . Hansom cabs enjoyed immense popularity as they were fast, light enough to be pulled by a single horse (making the journey cheaper than travelling in a larger four-wheel coach) and were agile enough to steer around horse-drawn vehicles in the notorious traffic jams of nineteenth-century London