Description: A map of the Standard Time Belts in the contiguous 48 states as of 1898 AD. "The main body of our country is so broad from east to west that more than three hours are required for rotation to carry it past the sun...The railroad companies of the country have adopted the times of the meridians of 75°, 90°, 105°, and 120°, as the standards by which to run their trains...Each railroad company suits its own convenience as to the point on its line where a change of standard time is made...In the extreme southwest, Mountain time is not used, but the change is made from Central time directly to Pacific time." &mdashRedway, 1898.
Source: Jacques W. Redway and Russell Hinman, Natural Advanced Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company , 1898) 61
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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