Lester Wire

Lester Wire
ca. 1908
Born	September 3, 1887 (1887-09-03) (age 124)
Died	April 14, 1958(1958-04-14) (aged 70)
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery
Known for	Inventor of the electric traffic light

Lester Farnsworth Wire (September 3, 1887–April 14, 1958) is credited with the invention of the electric traffic light in 1912 in Salt Lake City. Wire worked as a detective for the Salt Lake City police force.^[1]

The earliest known patent for a traffic light in the US was U.S.Patent # 1,251,666 issued January 1, 1918, to J.B. Hoge of Cleveland, OH.^[2]

Death

He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

References

^ "Famous Mormon Engineers and Inventors", famousmormons.net (Ron Johnston), http://famousmormons.net/inventors.html
^ History of Traffic Lights, "Inovation History", The Great Idea Finder (ideafinder.com) (Vaunt Design Group), http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/trafficlight.htm

Lester Wire at Find a Grave

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Name	Lester Hacker Wire
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Date of birth	September 3, 1887
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Date of death	1957
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