Survey Data
Reg No
32006060
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Technical
Previous Name
Sligo Railway Station
Original Use
Turntable
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
168389, 335965
Date Recorded
16/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Railway turntable, built 1929. No longer in use. Heavy iron girder rotating table with iron tracks flanked on both sides by timber planked gangways, tubular iron balustrading, brake lever. Set within sunken concrete-lined pit with iron bogey track on concrete ledge. Cast-iron embossed plaques to sub-frame with inscription, 'Ransomes & Rapier Ltd, R and R, Ipswich, England 1929'.
Appraisal
This turntable is a fine example of railway technology which, although no longer in use, remains reasonably intact. Its survival, within the station complex, contributes to the ensemble of original remaining artifacts and is also of considerable technical interest.