Cost yes, especially if the turntable was used simply to turn a car or an engine as it need not be at ground level in order to match up with the floor of a roundhouse. As it appears there was no roundhouse associated with this table, that may have been the case. It does appear that the 'pit' is at least concave.

> Great find Bob!

> Interesting how the turntable appears to
> have been sitting atop a leveled dirt area
> and not a walled pit. Aside from seeing this
> in narrow gauge operations (WW&F Ry,
> Albion, ME, SR&RL, etc.) I can't
> remember seeing anything similar anywhere
> else in New England. Any guesses as to why
> it would have been built this way, and as to
> when these facilities dissappeared?


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