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Offline MAN OF BLUES

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101 YEARS AGO...TODAY...
« on: August 05, 2015, 12:06:29 PM »

the world's first electric traffic light to be installed and put into major use in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 5 1914.

101 years ago...


Placed on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street, it would have been a chaotic affair, with bicycles and cars as well as horses competing for domination of the road.

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Re: 101 YEARS AGO...TODAY...
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2015, 11:12:59 AM »
100 years, 364 days ago, the first traffic cop was assigned to Euclid & E 105th, Cleveland, Ohio!!!!
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Re: 101 YEARS AGO...TODAY...
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2015, 02:03:35 PM »
101 years, 364 days, 23 hours ago these words were spoken for the first time:

"But officer, it was YELLOW when I went through it!!"
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Re: 101 YEARS AGO...TODAY...
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2015, 02:04:15 PM »
100 years, 364 days ago, the first traffic cop was assigned to Euclid & E 105th, Cleveland, Ohio!!!!

Was his name Buford T.?
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