2014

SU0061 : Traffic lights in New Park Street

taken 12 years ago, near to Devizes, Wiltshire, England

Traffic lights in New Park Street
Traffic lights in New Park 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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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 27 October, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 3 November, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 0057 6154 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:21.1761N 1:59.5921W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 0058 6153
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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