Thursday, 27 March 2008
Cleveland: Birthplace of the First Electric Traffic Signal?
Posted on 13:26 by jackson
Morgan's Patented DesignSome sources claim that the first traffic light was NOT in Cleveland, as earlier signals had been used in London England in 1868, and another version in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1912. But, there is one consistent design and name that comes up, Garrett Augustus Morgan, whose design was patented on November 23, 1923. Morgan, born in 1877 in Kentucky, was the son of former
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