Parking Meter History

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Here’s some arcane knowledge: a history of parking meters. I read it on Collectors Weekly. I came across it via Digg.com.

One piece of trivla: the first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City in 1935. Because, apparently, there is a shortage of wide open spaces in Oklahoma.

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