Railroad Turntable, 1901 during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003

Artifact Overview

By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Date Made

May 2003

Subject Date

May 2003

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.6781

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

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Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Digital photographs Digital images Photographs Construction Open-air museums Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Greenfield Village Restoration Project, 2002-2003 Railroad Turntable (Dearborn, Mich.)

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Where space was too tight for a loop or wye track, railroads could turn locomotives and railcars around using a turntable. Some turntables also provided access to roundhouse stalls. The Pere Marquette Railway used this one in Saginaw, Michigan, before moving it to Petoskey, Michigan, in 1913. This well-balanced turntable had no motor and was rotated by hand.