Euclid Beach Park

Euclid Beach Park was an amusement park previously located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The park first opened in 1895 and closed on September 28, 1969. Part of its property is now home to a Cleveland Metropark with some small remnants of the amusement park.

History

Euclid Beach Park was established by the Euclid Beach Park Co., consisting of Cleveland, Ohio businessmen, in the late 1800s. The business venture was situated on Lake Erie and hoped to duplicate the success of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Visitors to the park could originally access it by ferry (affectionally referred to as Euclid Beach "TUBS") or by trolley. Original attractions included a pier into Lake Erie, a dance pavilion, and musical and variety performances.^[1]

The park was expanded with its first rides for the 1896 season. This included the Switchback Railway, Pleasure Wheel, and Merry-Go-Round.^[2]

Park president Dudley Humphrey announced plans on June 7, 1968 to close the park at the end of the 1969 season.^[3] After Euclid Beach Park closed, many of its rides were relocated to Shady Lake in Streetsboro, Ohio, USA.^[4]

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Aero Dips	Unknown	Wooden	1909	1965	Scrapped
Racing Coaster	Frederick Ingersoll	Wooden	1913	September 28, 1969	Scrapped
Figure Eight	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Wooden	1904	1909	Scrapped
Flying Turns	John Norman Bartlett	Wooden Bobsled	1930	September 28, 1969	Scrapped
Scenic Railway	LaMarcus Adna Thompson	Wooden	1907	1937	Scrapped
Switchback Railway	LaMarcus Adna Thompson	Wooden	1896	1904	Scrapped
Thriller	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Wooden	1924	September 28, 1969	Scrapped

Past attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Antique Cars	Gillmore & Olson Co.	Track Ride	1962	1963 or later	Unknown
Bubble Bounce	Custer Specialty Company	Bubble Bounce/Tip Top	1939	1956 or earlier	Unknown
Carousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Carousel	1905	Unknown	Relocated to Laurel Springs, Hartford, Connecticut
Caterpillar	Unknown	Caterpillar	1910s	1924 or earlier	Unknown
Coffee Break	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Cuddle Up	1966	1969	Relocated to Shady Lake
Dippy Whip	W.F. Mangels Company	Whip	1910s or later	1957 or later	Unknown
Dodgem	Unknown	Dodgems	1921	Unknown	Unknown
Ferris Wheel	Eli Bridge Company	Ferris Wheel	1963	1969	Unknown
Flying Scooters	Bisch Rocco	Flying Scooters	1938	1969	Unknown
Grand Carrousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Carousel	1910	1969	Relocated
Great American Racing Derby	Prior and Church Company	Derby Racer	1921	1965	Relocated to Cedar Point
Hurricane	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Japanese Flying Ponies	Herschell-Spillman	Carousel	1903	1949	Unknown
Laff-in-the-Dark	Unknown	Unknown	1930s	1968 or later	Unknown
Merry-Go-Round	Herschell	Carousel	1896	1921 or earlier	Unknown
Ocean Wave	Herschell-Spillman	Unknown	Early 1900s	Unknown	Unknown
Octopus	Unknown	Polyp	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Over the Falls Previously known as Mill Chute	Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Inc.	Shoot the Chute	1921	1969	Unknown
Pleasure Wheel	Buckeye Observation Wheel Company	Ferris Wheel	1896	1902 or earlier	Unknown
Red Bug Boulevard	Custer Specialty Company	Unknown	1927	1930s	Unknown
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1957 or earlier	1957 or later	Unknown
Rocket Ships	Traver Engineering Company	Flying Machine	1896	1969	Scrapped
Rotor	Unknown	Rotor	1957	1957 or later	Unknown
Sea Swing	Unknown	Chair-O-Plane	1920 or earlier	Unknown	Unknown
Scramler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1969 or earlier	1969 or earlier	Unknown
Sleepy Hollow Railroad	Unknown	Miniature Railway	1926	1969	Unknown
Tilt-A-Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1966 or later	1969	Unknown
Tumble Bug	Traver Engineering Company	Tumble Bug	1925	1969	Scrapped
Turnpike	Arrow Development	Track Ride	1962	1969	Unknown
Whip	W.F. Mangels Company	Whip	1910s	Unknown	Unknown
Witching Waves	Unknown	Witching Waves	1920s	1931	Unknown
Zoomer	Custer Specialty Company	Suspended Track Ride	1926 or earlier	1928 or later	Unknown

External links

Euclid Beach Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

References

↑ Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. pp. 2–8. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.
↑ Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.
↑ "Euclid Beach Park Closing In 1969". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1968-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
↑ Futrell, Jim (Winter 2021). "From Shady Lake to Old Indiana and Beyond... a Never Ending Story". NAPHA Chronicle. No. V43 N4. National Amusement Park Historical Association. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[1] Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. pp. 2–8. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.

[2] Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.

[3] "Euclid Beach Park Closing In 1969". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1968-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-12.

[4] Futrell, Jim (Winter 2021). "From Shady Lake to Old Indiana and Beyond... a Never Ending Story". NAPHA Chronicle. No. V43 N4. National Amusement Park Historical Association. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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