Lester Wire

Lester Wire
Lester Wire

Lester Farnsworth Wire was credited with the invention of the electric traffic light in 1912 in Salt Lake City. Wire worked as a detective for the Salt Lake City police force. The original traffic light, based on a semaphore system, had been invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight but had not been a success.

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Male
Birth Place
United States of America, Utah
Date of Death
April 14th, 1958
Died Aged
-11
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