Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.nationalmotormuseum.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.nationalmotormuseum.org.ukSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 days agoWas there really that much traffic in the mid 19th century to warrant traffic lights?
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoIn London? Absolutely. Peoples still had to move all their good around before cars were invented.
Was there really that much traffic in the mid 19th century to warrant traffic lights?
In London? Absolutely. Peoples still had to move all their good around before cars were invented.