Favorite Defunct Park sites anyone?

Devin...what was the Six Flags Power Plant all about? First time I've ever heard of it. Was it just sort of a hands on type museum/entertainment/restaurant place or what? No info on that site other than photos.

Here is one site that has some parks fromn the detroit area including edgwater park.

http://www.angelfire.com/de2/detroitpix/ALL.html

^^ That site also shows a rare photo of the elusive Fred Church Bobs coaster at Palace Gardens. You can see a section of it by the big ferris wheel. Great find!

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=104&category=life

I always find this site fascinating as I know so little about the Canadian amusement industry:

http://cec.chebucto.org/ClosPark/CCPIndex.html

Enjoy,

Jim 'jimvid' McDonnell

hi,
Puritas Springs had a web site, but i can't find it...
My daughter and i actually found parts of the old
Cyclone while hiking in the Cleve Metro Parks a year or so ago...
that was cool///
the cyclone was an old ravine coaster (a miller, i think). it was mostly rotted boards, some w/steel track sects still screwed on...
creepy feeling: that parks been gone for over 50 years i think.

The Puritas Cyclone looked like one of the greatest woodies ever built. The ride had two drops into the ravine, both 90 feet. One of them was the last drop. Unfortunately, there was a fire at the park that resulted in the closing (doesn't it sound so much like another Ohio park with a great woodie?).

It also amazes me when I look at how many parks were within an hour and a half of me, and now only three (Knoebel's, Dorney, Hershey) are still operating :(.

If you're interested I have a large Old Chicago section over at www.Negative-g.com as well as walkthroughs of the defunct Idora and Chippewa lake Parks.

Have Fun!

Paul Drabek

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TalonJosh1491 said:
The Puritas Cyclone looked like one of the greatest woodies ever built. The ride had two drops into the ravine, both 90 feet. One of them was the last drop.

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There is an amazing aerial view of Puritas Springs park on eBay. You can see the coaster. Auction ends tonight though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3920840499

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swampfoxer said:
There is an amazing aerial view of Puritas Springs park on eBay. You can see the coaster. Auction ends tonight though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3920840499

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I saw that! Sometimes they sell the 8x10 aerial by itself. A friend of mine bought it. Very nice! This web site
has more pictures of the Puritas Springs Cyclone:

http://www.coasterglobe.com/features/lostlegends-puritasspringscyclone/index.cfm

Of course if you wanted to virtually ride the PS Cyclone I made a recreation of it using No Limits and it's over on www.Negative-g.com. I just want a time machine so I can go ride the PS Cyclone, The Riverview Bobs and the Crystal Beach Cyclone.

Have Fun!

Paul Drabek

^^and if you don't have No Limits (which I think every coaster lover should have), you can take a virtual ride here:

http://home.nyc.rr.com/johnmiller/part1.html

Ohh, I forgot to add this link of accidents on the PS Cyclone:

http://home.nyc.rr.com/johnmiller/danger.html

*** Edited 7/18/2004 5:35:22 PM UTC by swampfoxer***

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thrillerman1 said:
Devin...what was the Six Flags Power Plant all about? First time I've ever heard of it. Was it just sort of a hands on type museum/entertainment/restaurant place or what? No info on that site other than photos.

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The Power Plant was an attempt to create an indoor park in downtown Baltimore in the early '80's. It had a couple of very tame rides, but it was mostly shows, movies, and exhibits. It also had somewhat of a nautical theme, in keeping with it's Inner Harbor location.

It was built inside a recycled power generating plant; hence the name. It lasted 1 season, as it was very lightly attended. Six Flags tried to salvage something out of it by creating niteclubs in some of the spaces (one of them was called PT Flaggs) but they finally pulled the plug after a couple more years.

The project, taken over by the developer David Cornish, lives on today as a Hard Rock Cafe, the very first ESPNZone (yes Baltimore's came before New York's and in fact Monday Night Football halftimes were broadcast from there that first year) and a giant Barnes % Noble bookstore. It is still called the Power Plant and I believe the logo is the same one Six Flags originally erected. The Power Plant with its' distinctive 4 smokestacks stands out on the Inner Harbor skyline.

A second project, Power Plant Live, opened a couple of years ago and has been quite successful...it's a large collection of themed bars and clubs and includes an Improv.

Micrip thanks for that info!

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Riverview Mike said:
I have 2 more for Riverview:

http://homepage.mac.com/lmcshane/Ed_Fruh/Menu9.html

http://www.riverviewmemories.com/

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I was informed last week that an updated "Laugh Your Troubles Away" Riverview Park DVD/Video will be available soon. Lot's of new video clips & new narration scripts will be added. I can't wait!

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any sites for the old Elitch Gardens in Denver before they moved the park and SF bought it? Any help would be appreciated. Also, I was wondering where you could find a list of defunct rides.There is a ride at Lakeside in ?Denver that is standing(or the frame of it is) buit has not operated since the first time I went there which was back in 1977.I am just curious. Thanks.

I was going to add a link for Jantzen Beach in Portland,Oregon but I see that it was included.

I heard a rumor that the Jantzen Beach shopping mall may ressurrect the Big Dipper.....stay tuned!!

^^PLEASE keep us informed on that rumor.

Here's a cool site from a long lost Phoenix amusement park. I didn't realize that Legend City bought the old Sea Serpent woodie from POP when it closed. The only reason they didn't rebuild it was because they felt a wooden coaster would be too difficult to maintain in the AZ. heat.

http://www.legend-city.com/

Found another cool site on the olf PIKE at Long Beach:

http://www.millikanalumni.com/Pike/BestEmailStories.html

My site, BrachPhotography has photos from two defunct parks: OprylandUSA and Old Indiana Fun Park.

http://www.houstonthrills.com/brachphotography

Click on Series on the Menu, then click on Defunct Parks.

Hope you enjoy 'em!