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to wash the streets.

Street sweepers as machines were created in the 19th century to do the job more easily. Today, modern street sweepers are mounted on truck bodies and can vacuum debris that accumulates in streets.

History

Manual sweeping

The need for rubbish to be removed from roads in built-up areas has existed for centuries.

Sometimes a local law in a town or city ordered the owner or occupier of each address to clean the length

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