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A Salt Lake City cop is credited with inventing the first electric traffic light in 1912.
The very first "horseless carriage" was seen in Utah on April 12, 1899.
The very first "horseless carriage" was seen in Utah on April 12, 1899. It was a new purchase by the Salt Lake Hardware Company (now out of business, but the building has been preserved at 400 West and North Temple). No one who had ever been out of the state had seen such a contraption and it definitely caused people to stop and stare as the Winton Motor Carriage putt-putted along our downtown streets.
Newspapers reported that groups of boys would stand on the sidewalks and cheer as the car passed by. By 1906, autos were common and by 1915, Utah began issuing license plates.
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