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645 posted:
Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:
That looks really cool. I wonder when traffic signals like that came into being?
1920 per this source:
https://www.scienceabc.com/inn...-traffic-lights.html

The whole bit is copied from Railway signals.

That was the first electric 12 lamp, 3 color, four way, manual control, at Woodward & Mich. ave.

There were more added along Woodward & nearby, still tower controlled, until finally, these were all automated in 1921.

Woodward also was the site of the first mile of paved road in the U.S. and the first ticket for racing motor vehicles predates all of that in 1895 (I think 1895?)

Cruising was "born" on Woodward's pavement, and we still do it today. All "official like" too. Woodward's officail cruise weekend is a blast to the past, stretching from "The D" all the way to Pontiac.

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