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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.
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
The Hansom cab was improved by subsequent modifications and exported worldwide to become a ubiquitous feature of the 19th-century street scene. In 1843 Hansom founded a new architectural journal known as The Builder , another venture which was to flourish through the century; renamed Building in 1966, it continues to this day.
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab received praise in works including A Companion to Crime Fiction, [2] A History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945, [3] and A History of Victoria, [4] and was featured in the book Vintage Mystery and Detective Stories. [5] A parody version was published in 1888, and film adaptations were produced in 1911, 1915 and 1925.
In the same year in New York City, the Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company began running 12 electric hansom cabs. [23] The company ran until 1898 with up to 62 cabs operating until it was reformed by its financiers to form the Electric Vehicle Company. [24] Taxicabs proliferated around the world in the early 20th century.
Joseph Stanislaus Hansom FRIBA (1845–1931) was a British architect. He was the son and partner of the better-known Joseph Aloysius Hansom , inventor of the Hansom cab . [ 2 ] He trained with his father, becoming his partner in 1869, and taking over the family practice fully in 1880.
Production for The Mystery of a Hansom Cab began on 30 April 2012. [5] Created on behalf of ABC TV Fiction and Film Victoria, Burberry Entertainment, a multi award-winning television production company, was chosen to make the telemovie, hiring Director Shawn Seet, famous for his work on the Underbelly television series, to make the adaptation. [6]
The Mystery of the Hansom Cab is an Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the popular novel, which had also been adapted into a play. [6] It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang.