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Transport - Hansom Cab in Eagle Inn Close - Ref: WC1014
Alexander Wilson's collection of photographs includes several of the different means of transport which were in use during his time in Dundee. The Hansom cab, a two-wheeled carriage with the driver at the back, was very popular.
W. P. Robertson, one of the city's many coach-hirers, pioneered the rubber-tyred version in the city and rapidly built up the business he had joined as a worker into a sizeable concern.
The site of the photograph is something of a puzzle, since Eagle Inn Close is not listed in any of the Dundee Directories, nor does it appear in other street listings. There was an Eagle Inn in Broughty Ferry, but no close is known there either.