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Port Jervis Turntable
Description
It is the largest operating turntable in the Eastern United States.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge on Railroad
- Location
- Port Jervis, Orange County, New York
- Status
- Preserved
- History
- Restored 1996
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Total length: 115.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.37649, -74.69444 (decimal degrees)
41°22'35" N, 74°41'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/525550/4580596 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Port Jervis North
- Inventory number
- BH 68823 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 1, 2018: Updated by Michael Kochler: corrected original build date
- August 10, 2015: Added by Dave King
Thanks for the interest in this.
Though laying claim to the title would be great, the Port Jervis turntable is not the largest that's operational in the U.S. but rather in the east. This distinction is noted by the Port Jervis Tri-States Railway Preservation Society in its National Geographic tourism page. https://delawareriver.natgeotourism.com/content/erie-turntab...
The total length of the Port Jervis turntable is given here as 115 ft. However, the Union Pacific Roundhouse Turntable and Machine Shop in Cheyenne, WY, reports theirs is a 126-foot diameter continuous span. https://www.cheyenne.org/listing/union-pacific-roundhouse-tu...