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Railroad Turntable, 1901
1901
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Turntables allowed locomotives or cars to be turned around in tight spaces, or provided access to roundhouse stalls. The Pere Marquette Railway used this turntable, built in 1901, in Petoskey, Michigan. The device is so well balanced that rail workers can easily turn a several-ton locomotive by hand.
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Details
- Title: Railroad Turntable, 1901
- Date Created: 1901
- Location: United States, Michigan, Petoskey
- Subject Keywords: Pere Marquette Railroad, Railroads (Infrastructure), Turntables (Railroads)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=175884
- Object Name: Turntable (Railroad)
- Object ID: 84.85.1
- Image ID: THF151608
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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