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The Railway originally planned to install it at Bewdley South in the [[Stourport Triangle]]<ref name = "SVRNews56">SVR News 56</ref>, the fork between the [[Kidderminster]] and [[Stourport]] branches, but the development of Kidderminster led to its installation there instead. A track plan published shortly before Kidderminster opened in [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station | July 1984]] showed a proposed site for the turntable on the station side of [[Kidderminster Footbridge]]<ref>SVR News 72</ref>, however the eventual location chosen was on the same side of the line (to the right when leaving the station) but a similar distance beyond the footbridge.
Fund raising to install the turntable began in the summer of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1991 | 1991]]. In spring 1993 the [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA Bristol Branch raffle]] "Spin-a-Loco in '93" raised £7,500 including donations.<ref>SVR News 107, 109, 110</ref> The turntable was connected to the SVR network on [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1994 |31 July 1994]], with the [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane|6 ton steam crane and match truck]] being the first items of rolling stock to be turned, followed by one of the [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290|"Red Ruston"]] diesel shuntersshunter. Installation was completed in time for the turntable to feature in that year's autumn steam gala. Visiting locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman was turned on Friday 23 September as a prelude to the gala in a christening ceremony carried out by Lady Lucinda Lambton, although [[LMR 600 Gordon]] had already managed a turn on 9 September during an earlier 'Thomas' event. Other visitors 6024 King Edward 1 and 60009 Union of South Africa were turned on the Saturday and Sunday respectively. A further six months of work was then undertaken to complete the project.<ref>SVR News 113</ref>
During the run up to installation a number of the large and small cast iron pads that support the ring rail were found to be missing. Patterns were made at the SVR's pattern-shop from original drawings and replacements were cast. With the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] more recently wishing to add some additional connections to the turntable the pattern set for the larger ring rail pads was refurbished at the Pattern Shop at Bridgnorth to allow further pads to be cast.
