This was the first US city to use a mechanical street-sweeper.
- Charleston
- Chicago
- New York
- Philadelphia
Philadelphia. In 1854, Philadelphia started using a Whitworth-designed street-sweeper, a horse drawn carriage with cylinders with bristles that were powered by chains.
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