Horse-drawn vehicle
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A horse-drawn vehicle is a piece of equipment pulled by one or more horses. These vehicles typically have two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport but are still in use today.
A horse tram (horsecar) in Danzig, Germany (present day Gdańsk, Poland)
Cart - Two wheels, one horse
Chariot - Two wheels, two or four horses, driver usually standing
Carriage - Four wheels
Hansom cab
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The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. 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.
Hansom cab and driver in the 2004 movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, set in 1903 London
Hansom cab, London, 1904
London Cabmen, 1877
Hansom cab, showing low easy entry, trap door on top, and folding doors to protect passengers from weather and mud