2014

SY9682 : Traffic lights in East Street

taken 12 years ago, near to Corfe Castle, Dorset, England

Traffic lights in East Street
Traffic lights in East 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
Thursday, 11 December, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 22 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 9607 8214 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:38.3362N 2:3.4162W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 9606 8212
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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