Tradition parks and their history
I am writing for my AP US history class an essay about Amusement parks and the effect of World war 1 and 2 upon the amusement park industry. i was wondering if anyone had some good suggestions of parks to base my paper on and where i could find some info. I was definitely thinking about Knobels, Playland and maybe Coney Island.
Which Playland and which Coney Island?
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G.Bush:We will find those who did it, smoke them out of their holes, get them running, and bring them to justice.
I pray that I will never see a Six Flags Conneaut Lake
Kennywood (I've got a Charles Jacque book on their park history)...I assume Rye's Playland and NYC's Coney since he mentioned Knoebel's, but Sethman's got a pretty extensive track record, so...
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Riverview park in Chicago should definitely be one of the parks you choose for history.
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL
yeah playland and Coney Island in NY, I unforunately haven't been there yet but I have heard so much about the history of the parks. I believe coney Island was greatly affected by WW2, but i was wondering if anyone has a good reference book or site that would supply loads of history about Coney Island.
I have heard about Riverview's killer woodie? what was the name of it? I believe it was designed by Harry Traven.
hey Gatorwoodie what is the title of the Kennywood book? I have several sources on Kw and it is such a great park, so i might include it. I am also thinking about Lake compounce since it has struggled for a while(until the boulder) but i am not sure if I can find much info on it.
The one I have is called Kennywood: Roller Coaster Capital of the World (appears to be a 100-year retrospective, 1898-1998). There were several books by the same author. Mine has a picture of what I think is the "newly rebuilt" T-Bolt on the cover. But the mention of Traver reminds me also of Crystal Beach (Ontario, I think). Maybe look up information under the subject of "trolley parks"...good luck!
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There is a video of Cedar Point that talks about its history through all the years. That would be good. Also, SCBB would prbably be good.
sethman. Go to defunctparks.com and find info on Riverview. Also, their is a popular book titled "Riverview, Gone but not forgotten". Here is the link to purchase that book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0911694072/jazzagechicago/107-1597978-2187762
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL
Sethman, I was wondering around on "another" coaster site, and found their history section. It looked to be almost exactly what you were looking for, even has a special section on the evil genius that was... Harry Guy Traver. PS, let us know how the essay turns out (maybe e-mail me a copy), you seem to be a VERY cool young man.
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/
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http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/
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*** This post was edited by gatorwoodie on 9/30/2001. ***
Much thanks to Chitown and Gatorwoodie, both places provide some excellent info. i appreciate your help. Also, at Defunctparks.com, i found some really interesting info about Norembaga Park in Auburndale , MA. I live about two minutes from the area and it amazes me that there was so much great history about the park. I wish the park was still standing because I would love to have a traditional park two minutes from me. It is such a perfect place to have a small park, placed right next to the water and filled with beautiful tree.
Check out the book "Hersheypark, the sweetness of success" by Charles Jaques (pardon if I got the name wrong... same author who wrote the book "Kennywood, Rollercoaster Capital of the World" mentioned above... along with a book on Westview).
Granted, today Hershey has entered the "corporate" world, but up until around the 1970's it fit the mold as a typical "traditional" park (come to think of it, most parks with a long history... prior to the 1970's... were "traditional" parks in their day.)
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HP actually started as a gathering place for Hershey employees, sort of a picnic-park type thing...gradually Milton added rides to keep them coming back. Now THAT'S the kind of "employee relations" that we need more of...
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