953 nut 67,320 #1 Posted 14 hours ago July 16, 1935, The world’s first parking meter, known as Park-O-Meter No. 1, is installed on the southeast corner of what was then First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The parking meter was the brainchild of a man named Carl C. Magee, who moved to Oklahoma City from New Mexico in 1927. Magee had a colorful past: As a reporter for an Albuquerque newspaper, he had played a pivotal role in uncovering the so-called Teapot Dome Scandal (named for the Teapot Dome oil field in Wyoming), in which Albert B. Fall, then-secretary of the interior, was convicted of renting government lands to oil companies in return for personal loans and gifts. He also wrote a series of articles exposing corruption in the New Mexico court system, and was tried and acquitted of manslaughter after he shot at one of the judges targeted in the series during an altercation at a Las Vegas hotel. 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 32,085 #2 Posted 13 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, 953 nut said: July 16, 1935, The world’s first parking meter, known as Park-O-Meter No. 1, is installed on the southeast corner of what was then First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Later that day, the first attempt to jump over said parking meter took place. Edited 12 hours ago by Achto 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,430 #3 Posted 13 hours ago He may not wish to repeat that again!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth R Cluley 687 #4 Posted 12 hours ago Thanks to him we have the awesome scene from "Cool Hand Luke" where he cuts off the parking meters! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 57,343 #5 Posted 11 hours ago No pic but we have a vintage parking meter in the driveway at the Spike Camp in northern WI. No idea where it came from and Dad is the only guy that knows the story behind it and he's long passed. Some day I'll restore it. 1 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,320 #6 Posted 1 hour ago Franklin, NC, is a rather small city with a lot of churches with big parking lots. Many years ago the town leaders decide to install parking meters as a source of additional revenue, turned out the meters didn't bring in enough money to cover the wages of the one city employee who collected the coins. About three years later the meters were removed and downtown returned to normal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
