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The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.
Railroad managers tried to address the problem by establishing 100 railroad time zones, but this was only a partial solution to the problem. [2] Weather service chief Cleveland Abbe introduced four standard time zones for his weather stations, an idea which he offered to the railroads. [3]
Map of U.S. time zones with new CST and EST areas displayed. Some U.S. time zones, such as the Samoa Time Zone, are not on this map. This is a list of the time offsets by U.S. states, federal district, and territories. For more about the time zones of the U.S. see time in the United States. Most states are entirely contained within one time zone.
The Northern Pacific Railroad had seven time zones between St. Paul and the 1883 west end of the railroad at Wallula Jct; the Union Pacific Railway was at the other extreme, with only two time zones between Omaha and Ogden. [3] In 1870, Charles F. Dowd proposed four time zones based on the meridian through Washington, DC, for North American ...
Clock on The Exchange, Bristol, showing two minute hands, one for London time and one for Bristol time (GMT minus 11 minutes).. Railway time was the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840, the first recorded occasion when different local mean times were synchronised and a single standard time applied.
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system. Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:18, 9 November 2008: 1,120 × 640 (6.57 MB): NE2 == Summary == This is a map of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four) drawn on the New York Central system as of 1918, with trackage rights in purple.
Eastern Ohio Railroad: B&O: 1891 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Eastern Ohio Railroad: B&O: 1871 1882 Wheeling and Cincinnati Mineral Railway: Eaton and Hamilton Railroad: PRR: 1847 1866 Cincinnati, Richmond and Chicago Railroad: Elyria and Black River Railway: B&O: 1871 1872 Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway: Erie Railroad: ERIE ERIE ...