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First traffic lights in world

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First traffic lights in world

Less than a month after the lights were installed the lamp blew up, seriously injuring the policeman who was operating it. See the and the for two different takes on the story.

2017: describes how these rather odd lights worked, or not.

2025: returned to the topic with an even more thorough post.

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First traffic lights in world

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Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights

City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...

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