Ashville, Ohio: Water Tower: World's Oldest Traffic Light
Anyone passing through downtown Ashville knows that the town is the home of the World's Oldest Traffic Light, because it's painted on the town's water tower.
- Address:
- 140 Park St., Ashville, OH
- Directions:
- From the center of town take Long St. north and turn west onto Station St.; or take Main St. east and turn north onto Park St. The tower is on the southeast corner of Park and Station Sts.
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Ashville claims to be the home of the world's oldest traffic light, which is on display in the Small Town Museum in the center of town. The town is very proud of this distinction. In addition to the actual traffic light at the museum, the city water tower is illustrated with an image of the traffic light.
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