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Four Standard Time Zones for the Continental U.S. Were Introduced


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This 1892 train map shows the route of the Burlington &. Quincy Railroad and the new time zones

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CREDIT: Rand McNally and Company. "Burlington Route." 1892. Map Collections: 1544-1999, Library of Congress.



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