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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light , [ 1 ] and a protective 'smoke hood' [ 2 ] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.
Like Wire, Potts did not apply for a patent. The first inventor of a traffic light to do so was Garrett Morgan, who in 1923 patented his invention of a three-way traffic light with "STOP" and "GO" signals, as well as a third signal for pedestrians. Morgan eventually sold his patent to General Electric, who began mass-producing traffic lights ...
It’s been a century since Garrett Morgan patented the three-position traffic signal. Sandra Morgan, his granddaughter, says she’s fought to keep his legacy alive.
An early two-light traffic signal by White Horse Tavern in Hudson Street, New York. Image taken in 1961. Despite the failure of the world's first traffic light in London in 1869, countries all around the world still made traffic lights. By 1880, traffic lights spread all over the world, and it has always been like that, since then.
Garrett Morgan – a black man – invented the world's first stop light and the gas mask; Harvey William Cushing – a white man – American surgeon who was one of the founders of neurosurgery; Benjamin Banneker – a black man – man who helped design the nation's capitol, made the first clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac
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"Travelin' Light" (J. J. Cale song), 1976 "Trav'lin' Light" (song) , first recorded by Billie Holiday in 1942 with Paul Whiteman, later covered by several musicians "Travelin' Light", a song by Dierks Bentley featuring Brandi Carlile which was included on his 2018 album The Mountain
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