Author Topic: Rockwell 1900 Hansom Cab, first automotive taxi used in New York (Read 2850 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** December 30, 2015, 02:53:40 PM »

Who knows this vintage car?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2016, 09:00:30 AM »

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grobmotorix · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2016, 07:27:15 AM »

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Wendax · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2016, 12:26:49 PM »

French?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2016, 12:39:12 PM »

Not even European...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2016, 03:52:16 PM »

Electric?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2016, 05:53:20 PM »

I do not know - however it looks like a cooler in the front board.

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2016, 03:14:34 PM »

from USA?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** January 27, 2016, 04:43:23 AM »

Indeed.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2016, 01:18:02 AM »

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ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2016, 12:31:43 PM »

Production make as opposed to one-off?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2016, 02:13:48 PM »

I think you could call it a production car, but do not ask me how many may have been built back then...

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 09, 2016, 02:32:45 PM »

OK. From Michigan?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2016, 02:47:23 PM »

I could not find details about this make.

However this particular car is said to have a special meaning for New York City...

oko94 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2016, 03:22:03 AM »

Was it the first taxi cab in NYC ?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2016, 11:54:27 AM »

Yes, it was said, this was the first motorized one in NYC.

Allan L · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2016, 02:40:13 PM »

According to an unreliable source Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company had a fleet of electric Hansom cabs in New York from 1897. The look of the thing fits that description so perhaps that's what it is.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2016, 06:24:05 PM »

It is not a Samuel´s...

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2016, 09:28:00 PM »

Morris and Salom(e)?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2016, 09:36:21 PM »

Built during or after 1897?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2016, 02:06:19 AM »

Morris and Salom(e)
Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company

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Built during or after 1897?

My source tells me 1899.

oko94 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2016, 03:27:58 AM »

Electric Vehicle Company ?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2016, 01:04:16 PM »

Electric Vehicle Company
Morris and Salom(e)
Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2016, 04:38:33 AM »

Sultan Taxi Cabs?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2016, 11:54:21 AM »

Electric Vehicle Company
Morris and Salom(e)
Samuel's Electric Carriage and Wagon Company
Sultan Taxi Cabs

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