Entrance to Euclid Beach Park in 2000 | |
Location | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Status | Defunct |
Operated | 1895 to September 28, 1969 |
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 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bubble Bounce | Custer Specialties Company | Bubble Bounce/Tip Top | 1939 | 1956 or earlier | Unknown |
Carousel | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | Carousel | 1905 | Unknown | Relocated to Laurel Springs, Hartford, Connecticut |
Caterpillar | Unknown | Caterpillar | 1910s | 1924 or earlier | Unknown |
Dippy Whip | William F. Mangels | Whip | 1910s or later | 1957 or later | Unknown |
Dodgem | Unknown | Dodgems | 1921 | Unknown | Unknown |
Ferris Wheel | Eli Bridge Company | Ferris Wheel | c1960s | 1969 | Unknown |
Flying Scooters | Bisch Rocco | Flying Scooters | 1938 | 1965 or later | Unknown |
Grand Carrousel | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | 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 | Unknown | 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 Coasters | Shoot the Chute | 1921 | 1937 or later | Unknown |
Pleasure Wheel | Buckeye Observation Wheel Company | Ferris Wheel | 1896 | 1902 or earlier | Unknown |
Red Bug Boulevard | Unknown | Unknown | 1930s | Unknown | Unknown |
Rock-O-Plane | Eyerly Aircraft Company | Rock-O-Plane | 1957 or earlier | 1957 or later | Unknown |
Rocket Ships | Unknown | Circle Swing | 1896 | 1969 | Unknown |
Rotor | Unknown | Rotor | 1957 | 1957 or later | Unknown |
Sea Swing | Unknown | Chair-O-Plane | 1920 or earlier | Unknown | Unknown |
Scramler | Eli Bridge Company | Scrambler | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tilt-A-Whirl | Sellner Manufacturing | Tilt-A-Whirl | 1966 or later | 1969 | Unknown |
Tumble Bug | Traver Engineering | Tumble Bug | 1925 | 1969 | Scrapped |
Whip | William F. Mangels | Whip | 1910s | Unknown | Unknown |
Witching Waves | Unknown | Unknown | 1920s | 1931 | Unknown |
Zoomer | Custer Specialties 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.
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