What Are Sandford Fleming's Accomplishments

The inspirational, hard working Sir Sandford Fleming had many accomplishments throughout his lifetime. Sandford was highly successful at math and drawing until he withdrew himself from school and started his career as an intern alongside John Sang who was one of Kirkcaldy, Scotland’s leading engineers and surveyors. Over the course of Sandford’s lifetime, without even a high school degree, he worked as a surveyor, draftsman, engineer, official and honorary president, and an inventor. His intelligence and hard work lead to many successes throughout his lifetime that were and are still recognized all across the globe. Sir Sandford Fleming’s invention of Universal Time and building of the Canadian Pacific Railway not only united and influenced

When Sandford realized he needed to be recertified in Canada, he prepared maps of Peterborough, Hamilton, Cobourg and Toronto to earn an income while he waited. After his certification in 1852, Fleming he began his involvement with the Canadian railroads, which helped create what we know as Canada today. His chief engineer roles in the Northern Railway during 1857 and the Intercolonial Railway during it’s construction, lead to his eventual involvement of the historic Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). During the CPR project “fleming laid the foundations of a railway across a continent; it was the most ambitious engineering project the world has known yet”. The building of the railroad connected the four eastern provinces of Canada, which started the confederation of Canada. This project alone influenced the connection and unification of the country that is Canada today. Being chief engineer in these important railway projects demonstrates how significant Sir Sandford Fleming is to the country. Sandford’s hard work and involvement in the CPR was influential all across the provinces and helped shape Canada into the what it is