Black History Unlocked on Instagram: "Charles B. Brooks was an American inventor, who is best known for his patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896. By the 1890s Brooks was living
![Twitter 上的 NYC Sanitation:"Our mechanical brooms are just the latest version of a street sweeper. Charles B. Brooks designed & patented the first self-propelled street sweeper in 1896. Our current fleet cleans Twitter 上的 NYC Sanitation:"Our mechanical brooms are just the latest version of a street sweeper. Charles B. Brooks designed & patented the first self-propelled street sweeper in 1896. Our current fleet cleans](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz84Wz7XcAInRYP.jpg)
Twitter 上的 NYC Sanitation:"Our mechanical brooms are just the latest version of a street sweeper. Charles B. Brooks designed & patented the first self-propelled street sweeper in 1896. Our current fleet cleans
Black inventor Charles B. Brooks designed revolving brushes attached to front the of a fender, and the brushes were interchangeable so that… | Instagram
![NACTO on Twitter: "Charles B. Brooks patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896: a system of revolving brushes that could be exchanged with scrapers for snow removal. https://t.co/7qk0W8HNl6 https://t.co/HHmbWZzUMj" / Twitter NACTO on Twitter: "Charles B. Brooks patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896: a system of revolving brushes that could be exchanged with scrapers for snow removal. https://t.co/7qk0W8HNl6 https://t.co/HHmbWZzUMj" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQrytxyXUAEKqgC.png)
NACTO on Twitter: "Charles B. Brooks patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896: a system of revolving brushes that could be exchanged with scrapers for snow removal. https://t.co/7qk0W8HNl6 https://t.co/HHmbWZzUMj" / Twitter
Yocum African American History Association on Twitter: "Brooks' version improved the self-propelled front-brush sweeper. In addition, he introduced the “receiving pan” that collected the swept dirt and deposited it in the back
![Horace Talbert, b. 1853. The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Horace Talbert, b. 1853. The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.](https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/talbert/talbe40.jpg)
Horace Talbert, b. 1853. The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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