- Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…factory beside his home in Boothtown. In 1936 Shaw conducted a public experiment at his own expense by installing fifty Catseyes on a dangerous stretch of road outside Bradford. The number of accidents on the road fell sharply and local drivers att…
…and eventually occupied a 20 acre site in Boothtown. At its peak it employed 130 people to manufacture over** a million Catseyes** a year for export all over the world. ---- == Simple and Effective == {{Image url="Catseyeclean.jpg" title="thumb" wi…
…ht" title="night road" width="" }} == Self Cleaning == Aiming for minimal maintenance, Shaw even devised a way for his Catseyes to '''clean themselves'''. The cast iron base collected rain water and whenever the top of the dome was depressed, the …