Saturday, December 15, 2007

An Interesting Fact

Did you know this about the pocket watch?

The rise of railroading during the last half of the 19th century led to the widespread use of pocket watches. Because of the likelihood of train wrecks and other accidents if all railroad workers did not accurately know the current time, pocket watches became required equipment for all railroad workers.

I really enjoy learning little tidbits like this.

1 comment:

david santos said...

Happy New Year, Vickie! And best wishes for a healthy and successful 2008