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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First traffic lights in world
City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...
It was built when it was found that there were low stocks of artillery - but ...
Engineer. We cannot find a picture of him, so have used the cover of his book...
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge buil...
