Taxi Meters
Discover the intricate clockwork gears, sealed drums, and digital units that replaced fare arguments.
Inside this collection
Mechanical Gears
Peer inside early brass clockwork units that translated wheel rotations into rolling fares.
Meter Flags
Study the iconic metal lever that announced an open cab when standing tall.
Lead Seals
Learn how inspectors wired stamped lead tags across meters to deter deliberate tampering.
Tariff Drums
Explore rotating numbered wheels calibrated to match daytime, evening, and holiday mileage.
Electronic Digits
Trace the shift from mechanical rollers to bright red light-emitting displays in the late twentieth century.
Inspection Stamps
Uncover the municipal testing marks hammered into metal housings to guarantee honesty on the road.
Cable Drives
Examine flexible steel cables that carried speed readings directly from transmissions to fare heads.
Ticket Printers
See how dash-mounted thermal units replaced carbon paper with automated paper receipts.
City stories deserve
a closer reading.
We trace the records behind the ride: drivers, fares, closed associations and changing streets. Evidence comes before the legend.
Our approach