Standard Time Had a Rough Time in Bangor

Authors

  • Arnold Lasker Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

November 1883, Mayor Dogberry, Frederick A. Cummings, telegraph, expanding railroad system

Abstract

The article discusses how, in 1883, the growing interstate railroad system decided the standardize time in locations throughout the United States. The City of Bangor Maine protested the change from the local time system in use prior to this time.

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Published

1984-09-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (1984): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles