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What are the origins of time zones?

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What are the origins of time zones?

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  1. the railroads. Before the time zones were setup, every town and city had it's own local time, with noon when the sun was directly overhead.

    The RRs found it impossible to set and keep schedules under those conditions, and pushed for the setup of the time zones.

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