Meet the American who created time zones, Charles F. Dowd, schoolmaster set clock for mankind
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Charles F. Dowd conceived the idea of time zones in 1869 as the transcontinental railroad united the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; bringing order to the concept of time around the world.
Dowd created time zones. He put the rotation of the Earth, the rise of the sun, the movement of the heavens and the genesis of eternity itself on an artificial schedule for the benefit of mankind. "To regulate the time of this Empire Republic of the World is an undertaking of magnificent proportions." "The sun is no longer to boss the job … the sun will be requested to rise and set by railroad time." "An impassioned preacher in Tennessee smashed his own pocket watch at the pulpit, decrying the railroad’s interference with ‘God’s time.’" Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"To regulate the time of this Empire Republic of the World is an undertaking of magnificent proportions," the Indianapolis Sentinel wrote on Nov. 21, 1883, three days after railroads instituted time zones across North America.
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