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John Peake Knight green plaque
John Peake Knight · Inventor of Traffic Lights
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“John Peake Knight 1828-86 Inventor of the world's first traffic lights which were erected here 9th Dec. 1868”
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1828-86
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12 Bridge Street, Westminster
SW1A
Erected 1998
City of Westminster
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