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On this Day in History 11/18/1883 |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Nov 18 20:22:15 2009 ...the Railroads broke the country up into time zones.Before that time, the railroads had a hell of a time, as the time was different sometimes from town to town going across the country. This required many different schedules for different towns, even on the same line. The Federal Government didn't address this problem, so the railroads, then private entities, took it upon themselves to finally address the problem, and it began on Nov 18, 1883.... A year later the International Meridian Conference in Washington agreed to institute a system based on what the railroads did a year earlier.... ...and it all began, 126 years ago today.... http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov18.html |
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Posted by SLRT on Wed Nov 18 20:29:49 2009, in response to On this Day in History 11/18/1883, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Nov 18 20:22:15 2009. [...] so the railroads, then private entities [...]Last time I looked, they were still private entities. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Nov 19 08:17:45 2009, in response to On this Day in History 11/18/1883, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Nov 18 20:22:15 2009. Prior to that, local sun time was observed. Localities would set their clocks according to the position of the sun at high noon. I read that on the appointed day, the big clock at one of Chicago's depots was stopped for 12 minutes to bring it in line with Central Standard Time. |
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