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the first Electric traffic light using red and green lights was invented in 1912 by Lester Farnsworth Wire, a police officer in Slat Lake City, Utah, according to family search . Wire's traffic signal resembled a four-sided bird-house mount on a tall pole. it was placed in the middle of an intersection and was powered by overhead trolley wires.

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