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Conway Junction Railroad Turntable Site
The Conway Junction Railroad Turntable Site is the foundational remnants of what was once a major railroad in South Berwick, Maine. Consisting of a circular granite railroad turntable foundation and an engine house foundation, it is the only major surviving reminder of Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.〔
==Description and history==
The turntable site is located at the southwest corner of Fife Lane and Maine State Route 236, south of the village center of South Berwick. The turntable foundation is a circular structure about in diameter with an interior depth of about below grade. At the center is a granite pier, capped with concrete, on which the turntable was originally mounted. To the west of this structure is a three-sided granite foundation, which once supported an engine house. The turntable is believed to date to 1855.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Conway Junction Railroad Turntable Site )〕
The first railroad that came to South Berwick was the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth (P, S and P), in 1842. The Boston and Maine Railroad (B & M) extends its line eastward from Exeter, New Hampshire in 1843, crossing the P, S and P in South Berwick village. The Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad in about 1855 built a spur line from the P, S and P at this point to join with the B & M at Great Falls, and established its headquarters here, which became known as Conway Junction. The rail lines in this area were used until 1936, and abandoned in 1941. Route 236 was built over the P, S and P right of way in the 1940s, around which time the turntable and engine house were dismantled, and the Great Falls and South Berwick right of way was also built over. The foundations here are the only tangible remnants of this history.〔
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