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The very first street sweeping machine was patented in 1849 by its inventor, C.S. Bishop. For a long time, street sweepers were just rotating disks covered with wire bristles. These rotating disks served as mechanical brooms that swept the dirt on the streets. A black man from Newark, New Jersey, Charles B. Brooks, invented the U.S.' first self-propelled street sweeper truck. Brooks' patent was approved on March 17th, 1896; his application for the patent had been filed on April 20, 1895. His street sweeper had a truck-like frame mounted on axles supported by wheels.
Ohioans were among the earliest and most prominent pioneers in the use of electricity. Leading the way, in 1879, Charles Brush developed arc lighting, providing an easy and cost-effective way to light cities at night. Brush introduced his invention in Cleveland, Ohio, making this city the first one in the world to have electric streetlights. Ohioan Thomas Edison developed a usable light bulb, among dozens of other inventions utilizing electricity. Benjamin Lamme accumulated 162 patents, most dealing with improvements in electricity's use, during his lifetime.