Historical Events tagged with "gas lamps"
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Transportation & Infrastructure
First Traffic Lights Installed in London
December 9th, 1868 156 years ago
The first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Designed to resemble railway signals, they featured semaphore arms and used gas lamps that illuminated red and green at night. This was a pioneering attempt to regulate traffic flow in a rapidly urbanizing city.
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