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Hansom's original design was modified by <a href="/wiki/John_Chapman_(carriage_maker)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Chapman (carriage maker)">John Chapman</a> and several others to improve its practicability, but retained Hansom's name.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Cab</i> is a shortening of <i><a href="/wiki/Cabriolet_(carriage)" title="Cabriolet (carriage)">cabriolet</a></i>, reflecting the design of the carriage. It replaced the <a href="/wiki/Hackney_carriage" title="Hackney carriage">hackney carriage</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_for_hire" title="Vehicle for hire">vehicle for hire</a>; with the introduction of clockwork mechanical <a href="/wiki/Taximeter" title="Taximeter">taximeters</a> to measure fares, the name became <i><a href="/wiki/Taxicab" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab">taxicab</a></i>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Horse-drawn_vehicle" title="Horse-drawn vehicle">horse-drawn vehicles</a> in the notorious traffic jams of nineteenth-century London. There were up to 7500 hansom cabs in use at the height of their popularity and they quickly spread to other cities in the United Kingdom (including Ireland), as well as continental European cities, particularly <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St_Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St Petersburg">St Petersburg</a>. The cab was introduced to other British Empire cities and to the United States during the late 19th century, being most commonly used in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hansom_cab,_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg/220px-Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg/330px-Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg/440px-Hansom_cab%2C_unusual_find_in_a_mews.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Hansom cab, showing low easy entry, trap door on top, and folding doors to protect passengers from weather and mud</figcaption></figure> <p>The cab, a type of <i><a href="/wiki/Fly_(carriage)" title="Fly (carriage)">fly</a></i>, sat two passengers (three if they squeezed in) and a driver who sat on a sprung seat behind the vehicle. The passengers could give their instructions to the driver through a <a href="/wiki/Trap_door" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap door">trap door</a> near the rear of the roof. They could pay the driver through the hatch, and he would then operate a lever to release the doors so that they could alight. In some cabs, the driver could operate a device that balanced the cab and reduced strain on the horse. The passengers were protected from the elements by the cab and by folding wooden doors that enclosed their feet and legs and thus protected their clothes from splashing mud. Later versions also had an up-and-over glass window above the doors to complete the enclosure of the passengers. Additionally, a curved <a href="/wiki/Fender_(automobile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender (automobile)">fender</a> mounted forward of the doors protected passengers from the stones thrown up by the hooves of the horse. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Its main features were low-slung bodywork, high wheels and a rearward driving seat — the latter not at first evident. The purpose of its design was to combine speed with safety, having a low centre of gravity, essential for safe cornering and overtaking. Wheels were originally 7'6" in diameter, later becoming much smaller although still large in proportion. The dashboard was curved at the rear of the shafts, bringing the hind-quarters of the horse fairly near the vehicle, for better control. There would be room for two passengers facing forward, on a single cross-seat, their legs protected by knee flaps.<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 30">: 30 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Other vehicles similar to the Hansom cab include the American light trade cart for deliveries such as bread, the bow-fronted hansom which was fully enclosed and entered through a side door, and the Brougham Hansom which was entered from the rear and driven from a seat on the fore-part of the roof.<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 5, 23, 31">: 5, 23, 31 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hansom_Cab_Company">Hansom Cab Company</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hansom Cab Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg/220px-Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg/330px-Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg/440px-Street_types_of_New_York_City-_Hansom_driver_standing_in_front_of_horse_and_cab_LCCN2002699101.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1244" /></a><figcaption>New York City, 1896</figcaption></figure> <p>The Hansom Cab Company was established in May 1869 to provide transportation in New York City and Brooklyn. The business was located at 133 Water Street, Brooklyn; <a href="/wiki/Duncan,_Sherman_%26_Company" title="Duncan, Sherman & Company">Duncan, Sherman & Company</a> handled the books of subscription (initial offers of stock to capitalize a new company). The enterprise was organized by Ed W. Brandon who became its president. Two orders for a fleet of cabs were sent to carriage makers in New York City. Fares were to be charged either by distance or time: $0.30 for a single person per mile, or portion thereof, and $0.40 for two people. By time, $0.75 for one person for an hour or portion thereof, $1.00 for two persons.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg/220px-Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg/330px-Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg/440px-Temple_Underground_station_1899.jpg 2x" data-file-width="966" data-file-height="816" /></a><figcaption>London, 1899</figcaption></figure> <p>Two <a href="/wiki/English_peer" class="mw-redirect" title="English peer">English peers</a> who owned cab companies, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Chetwynd-Talbot,_20th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury#Hansom_cabs_de_luxe" title="Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury">Lord Shrewsbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Lowther,_6th_Earl_of_Lonsdale" title="Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale">Lord Lonsdale</a>, raised the standards of all Hansom cabs in London when they purchased upgraded cabs made by Forder, complete with brass fittings, quiet-running rubber tires, and luxuriously fitted interiors. Their horses were thoroughbreds in polished harnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-walrond_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walrond-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These flashier Hansoms were sometimes referred to as "Gondolas of London" or "gondolas of the streets".<sup id="cite_ref-walrond_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walrond-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 87">: 87 </span></sup> </p><p>The cabs were widely used in the United Kingdom until 1908 when <a href="/wiki/Taximeter" title="Taximeter">Taximeter</a> Cars (petrol cabs) started to be introduced and were rapidly accepted; by the early 1920s horse-drawn cabs had largely been superseded by motor vehicles. The last licence for a horse-drawn cab in London was relinquished in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Museums">Museums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A restored hansom cab once owned by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt" title="Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt">Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt</a> is on display at the <a href="/wiki/Remington_Carriage_Museum" title="Remington Carriage Museum">Remington Carriage Museum</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Cardston,_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardston, Alberta">Cardston, Alberta</a>, Canada. There is another surviving example, owned and operated by the <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum" title="Sherlock Holmes Museum">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> in London; in common with other horse-drawn vehicles it is not permitted to enter any of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Parks">Royal Parks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, Leicestershire also have a restored Hansom cab. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg/220px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg/330px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg/440px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1015" /></a><figcaption>Air cabs - hansom cabs of the (then) future, depicted in <a href="/wiki/En_L%27An_2000" title="En L'An 2000">En L'An 2000</a> illustrated by Jean-Marc Côté</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Beauty" title="Black Beauty">Black Beauty</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Sewell" title="Anna Sewell">Anna Sewell</a>, the central section has an evocative account of life as a Hansom cab driver in Victorian London, even though it is written from the point of view of the horse.</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Hansom_Cab" class="mw-redirect" title="The Adventure of the Hansom Cab">The Adventure of the Hansom Cab</a>" is the third and final story in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Suicide_Club_(Stevenson)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Suicide Club (Stevenson)">The Suicide Club</a></i> cycle (1878). Retired British soldier Lieutenant Brackenbury Rich is beckoned into the back of an elegantly appointed hansom by a mysterious cabman who whisks him off to a party.</li> <li>In 1886, <a href="/wiki/Fergus_Hume" title="Fergus Hume">Fergus Hume</a> published his novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_a_Hansom_Cab" title="The Mystery of a Hansom Cab">The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</a></i>, set in post-<a href="/wiki/Victorian_gold_rush" title="Victorian gold rush">Gold Rush</a> era <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia. The story was filmed in Australia in 1911, under the same title. A movie was made for TV in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1889 film <i><a href="/wiki/Leisurely_Pedestrians,_Open_Topped_Buses_and_Hansom_Cabs_with_Trotting_Horses" title="Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses">Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses</a></i>, photographed by <a href="/wiki/William_Friese-Greene" title="William Friese-Greene">William Friese-Greene</a>, shows Londoners walking along Apsley Gate, <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>, with horse-drawn conveyances passing by.</li> <li>The book <i>Farewell Victoria</i> (1933) by <a href="/wiki/T._H._White" title="T. H. White">T. H. White</a> has the protagonist ending his days as a hansom cab operator in its fading years, which is part of the sustained metaphor brought out in the title.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabmen%27s_Shelter_Fund" title="Cabmen's Shelter Fund">Cabmen's Shelter Fund</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em ;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dictionary-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSmith1988" class="citation book cs1">Smith, D.J.M. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 23,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Remington+Carriage+Museum+website&rft.pub=Remingtoncarriagemuseum.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.remingtoncarriagemuseum.com%2Ftour8.html%238Famous&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHansom+cab" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080306183119/http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/news/james-purnell.html">"Correspondence between the Sherlock Holmes Museum and James Purnell MP, The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Museum" title="Sherlock Holmes Museum">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/news/james-purnell.html">the original</a> on March 6, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sherlock+Holmes+Museum&rft.atitle=Correspondence+between+the+Sherlock+Holmes+Museum+and+James+Purnell+MP%2C+The+Secretary+of+State+for+Culture+Media+and+Sport&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sherlock-holmes.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fjames-purnell.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHansom+cab" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHume" class="citation book cs1">Hume, Fergus. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4223"><i>The Mystery of a Hansom Cab</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21631914M">21631914M</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mystery+of+a+Hansom+Cab&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL21631914M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.aulast=Hume&rft.aufirst=Fergus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenberg.org%2Febooks%2F4223&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHansom+cab" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerkebile1979" class="citation book cs1">Berkebile, Donald H. (1979). <i>Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0874741661" title="Special:BookSources/0874741661"><bdi>0874741661</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Carriage+Terminology%3A+An+Historical+Dictionary&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0874741661&rft.aulast=Berkebile&rft.aufirst=Donald+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHansom+cab" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.carriageassociationofamerica.com/coson-carriage-tour/livery-driven-vehicles/">"Livery Driven Vehicles – Coson Carriage Tour"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Carriage_Association_of_America" title="Carriage Association of America">Carriage Association of America</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Carriage+Association+of+America&rft.atitle=Livery+Driven+Vehicles+%E2%80%93+Coson+Carriage+Tour&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.carriageassociationofamerica.com%2Fcoson-carriage-tour%2Flivery-driven-vehicles%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHansom+cab" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansom_cab&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hansom_cabs" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Hansom cabs"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Hansom cabs</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071217083534/http://americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/collection/object_33.html">America on the Move | Hansom Cab.</a> National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200630145058/http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk:80/society/hansom-cab.html">"The Hansom Cab of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, London"</a>. <i>Sherlock Holmes International Society</i>. 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