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Lester Farnsworth Wire

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Lester Farnsworth Wire

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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
14 Apr 1958 (aged 70)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Inventor. He was a detective for the Salt Lake City, Utah police force when he went to the Utah Department of Transportation about ideas for city traffic control in the early 1900s. In 1912, he was credited for inventing the first functional electric traffic light which used red and green lights.
Inventor. He was a detective for the Salt Lake City, Utah police force when he went to the Utah Department of Transportation about ideas for city traffic control in the early 1900s. In 1912, he was credited for inventing the first functional electric traffic light which used red and green lights.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1692/lester_farnsworth-wire: accessed ), memorial page for Lester Farnsworth Wire (3 Sep 1887–14 Apr 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1692, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.