2011

SU7174 : Traffic lights in Church Street

taken 15 years ago, near to Caversham, Reading, England

Traffic lights in Church Street
Traffic lights in Church Street
The first traffic jam was reported in New York in1913! A year later the police department in Cleveland Ohio installed a red and green traffic control, the first permanent installation in the world.20 In 1917, Detroit police Potts made a major improvement in traffic lights, adding a yellow caution light. The first four-direction light came in 1920. Paris received its first lights in 1922, Berlin in 1924, and London in 1931.The most complicated set of lights is in Chongqing City China and the least needed on Ascension Island.

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Photographer
Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 5 November, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 7 November, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 7123 7478 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:28.0509N 0:58.5574W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 7125 7480
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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