Tag: USMRR Turntable (City Point VA)

Constructed in October, 1864.

Williss, Historical Base Maps. Appomattox Manor – City Point says: The engine turntable was built on a fill on the western edge of the engine house. The engine was moved on the turntable, then turned manually by men walking on the outside platform. According to the “Military Railroad map, City Point, 1865,” the turntable was approximately fifty feet in diameter.