If you’re wondering what today’s Google Doodle is all about, Joanna Plucinska writes that itoffers a glimpse of what American traffic would’ve looked like 101 years ago, when the world’s first electric traffic light was installed.
The device, the predecessor to what is used worldwide today, was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 1914, at the corner of 105th and Euclid, Plucinksa reports on time.com.
The lights offered respite to policemen who had previously been forced to direct cars and horse-drawn wagons in the middle of crowded highways, even in the throes of a midwestern winter.
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