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A street sweeper or street cleaner is a person or machine that cleans streets. People have worked in cities as " sanitation workers " since sanitation and waste removal became a priority. A street-sweeping person would use a broom and shovel to clean off litter , animal waste and filth that accumulated on streets.
After a proposal by the Brady Campaign in 1993, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen declared the Striker and Street Sweeper destructive devices under the National Firearms Act the following year, their transfer and ownership becoming regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Hi everyone. I came across the inventor Charles Brooks who patented an invention that improved the street sweeper. Would be grand to have his information or an area discussing his work added to the article. Here is a resource that make a good starting point. SarahStierch 22:14, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
In India in the 1970s, Bindeshwar Pathak introduced his "Sulabh" concept for building and managing public toilets in India, which has introduced hygienic and well-managed public toilet systems. Activist Bezwada Wilson founded a group in 1994, Safai Karmachari Andolan, to campaign for the demolition of then newly illegal 'dry latrines' ( pit ...
Chain gang street sweepers, Washington, D. C. 1909 Female convicts in Dar es Salaam chained together by their necks, c. 1890–1927. A chain gang or road gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment.
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Phonics Song with Two Words from children's channel ChuChu TV is the most viewed video in India and is the 7th most viewed YouTube video in the world. "Why This Kolaveri Di" become the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views. [1] [2] "Swag Se Swagat" became the first Indian music video to cross 500 million views on YouTube.
The Crossing Sweeper by William Powell Frith, 1858. A crossing sweeper was a person working as a street sweeper who would sweep a path ahead of people crossing dirty urban streets in exchange for a gratuity. This practice was an informal occupation among the urban poor, primarily during the 19th century.