Eckman (not so) roundhouse

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The few photos I've seen of the facilities at Eckman show a turntable with two, four-stall portions of a roundhouse connected by a shop building.  I just saw the thumbnail of drawing NW-A07863 from the archieves dated 1905 showing a "full" semicircular roundhouse that appears to come within about twenty feet of the creek at its closest point.  Does anyone have any information as to whether Eckman started out with a half a roundhouse, and if so what caused the downsizing change?
Thanks,
Jim Cochran
dcochran116 at roadrunner.com
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