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Merry- Go-Round #1
- Steam Driven
- Canvas Top
- Later moved into a wooden, circular pavilion
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1896
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Toboggan Roller Coaster
- Figure Eight Design
- Side Friction Track System
- Built by Fred Ingersoll
- Located near the Dance Pavilion where the automobile parking lot is located today
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1900
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1920s |
Dodge'M
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Caterpillars
- Built by Harry Traver Engineering of Beaver Falls, PA
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1920s
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Witching Waves |
1910s
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Circle Swing/ Seaplanes/ Rockets
- Built by Harry Traver Engineering of Beaver Falls, PA)
- Six wicker gondolas swung around an 80 foot tower
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1921
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1921
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Auto Race
- Harry Traver Engineering (Beaver Falls, PA)
- Small gasoline powered cars
- Maximum speed of 18 Miles Per Hour
- Similar to the model still operating at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, PA.
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1922
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Merry-Go-Round #2
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PTC #64R
- Philadelphia Toboggan Company
- Cost: $28,000
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1922
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Miniature Railway |
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The Gorge
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1922
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Tumble Bug
- Harry Traver Engineering (Beaver Falls, PA)
- Five cars riding on a wavy track
- Concrete footers from track are still visible on the hillside above the creek
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1923
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1924
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Fun House |
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1924
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Whip #1
- W.F. Mangels Company of Coney Island, New York
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1924
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Mix-Up
- Harry Traver Engineering (Beaver Falls, PA)
- Chain swing ride
- 36 seats suspended on chains 26 feet off of the ground
- Seats swung out 65 feet from center pole
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1925
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Old Mill
- Was located lear the Merry-Go-Round
- A similar attraction still operates at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, PA.
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1927
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Laff-In-The-Dark
- Harry Traver Engineering (Beaver Falls, PA)
- Two seater cars riding on 825 feet of irregular track
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1940s
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Ferris Wheel
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Train
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1940s
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Comet
- Paul Vesco - Builder
- N.A.D. Century Flyer Trains
- Click HERE for more info.
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1955
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1956
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Merry-Go-Round #3
- Aluminum Horses
- Built by Alan Herschel, North Tonawanda, New York
- Was located in the old 1922 Meryr-Go-Round building
- Many horses were stolen after the park closed in the mid 1980s
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1950s
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Auto Skooters
- Replaced the Dodge'M
- Operated 20 Lusse Auto Skooter cars
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1979
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Whip #2
- Came from West View Park, West View, PA after the park closed in 1977
- Built by W.F. Mangels Company of Coney Island, New York
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