On a railway: A revolving platform turning on a central pivot, laid with rails connecting with adjacent tracks, for turning railway vehicles; a turn-plate.
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And then later on at six-o'clock the- come back down through to- to Port-Hope again from Peterborough. The trains tro-- turned around in Peterborough all the time. They had a turntable in Peterborough and ah, they used to turn the- turn the engine around. Interviewer: Turn the r-- so they could go back the other away. Speaker: Yeah so they could go back the other way. |
On a railway: A revolving platform turning on a central pivot, laid with rails connecting with adjacent tracks, for turning railway vehicles; a turn-plate. |
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Speaker: Eldon- Eldon township there's- all chopped up with- with ah railroads that went through here. There was one right down here. That's the one that came up through ah Markham, Stouffville and Uxbridge and went to Coboconk. Interviewer: Oh okay. Speaker: And then there was a turntable. And ah- and the quarry at Kirkfield you see that- they shipped everything on that line up until ah sixties I guess. |
On a railway: A revolving platform turning on a central pivot, laid with rails connecting with adjacent tracks, for turning railway vehicles; a turn-plate. |
