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Learn about Garrett Morgan, who invented the traffic signal to help make car travel safer / [Mansur Abdullah, narrator] ; [Melinda Leonard, director].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963.
- Morgan, Garrett A.
- African American inventors.
- Traffic signs and signals.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Garrett Morgan received the first patent for a traffic signal. His signal had 3 positions: stop, go & stop all directions. The latter gave traffic time to clear the intersection before the other direction entered. It also gave pedestrians a time to cross.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 4, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1336057413
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