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First traffic lights in world

Categories: Engineering, Science

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

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

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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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Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale

Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale

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1 memorial
François Hennebique

François Hennebique

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1 memorial
Jan F. Groll

Jan F. Groll

From Colonial Spectacles “John (or Jan) F. Groll was an architect and engineer.  After completing his studies in Delft, he worked for the department of public works in British India….”  We can't fi...

Person, Architecture, Engineering

1 memorial
Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.

Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.

The company's name came from the forenames of its founders Leslie Smith (1918 - 2005) and Rodney Smith (1917 - 2013). They were not related, but had been schoolfriends and also served together in t...

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2 memorials
Alfred Pirrie Middleton

Alfred Pirrie Middleton

Assistant Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above B...

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The Bell, Carter Lane

The Bell, Carter Lane

EC4, Carter Lane, 43

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