Grand Carrousel (Worlds of Fun)
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Grand Carrousel is a Carousel built by US manufacturer M.C. Illions & Sons Carousell Works currently located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas, Missouri, USA.
History
The carousel was originally built for the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After the fair's closure, it operated briefly at an unknown location in Birmingham, Alabama from 1927 before going into storage. It was later moved to Coney Island in the early 1930s to be restored there.
The carousel was later purchased by Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, USA and reopened there in 1937 at a cost of $35,000 following a refurbishment by Marcus Illions.[1][2][3]
In 1952, the carousel's band organ was destroyed in a huge park fire which caused $500,000 in damages.[4]
In 1986, the carousel received a facelift.[5]
In 1994, the carousel was completely restored.[6]
On September 16, 2007, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom operated for the last time. On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair announced that the amusement park section of Geauga Lake had closed permanently with the Wildwater Kingdom water park only opening in 2008.[7]
The carousel was subsequently left standing but not operating in 2008,[8] before it was announced by Cedar Fair in late 2008 that the ride would be removed and refurbished beginning in early 2009 before being sent to another Cedar Fair park.[9][10] It was later sent to Worlds of Fun where it reopened there in 2011 as Grand Carrousel after a overhaul.[11]
References
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Carousel". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "A Brief History of Geauga Lake". Roller Coaster Freak.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake silences rides; water park stays". Aurora Advocate.
- ↑ "Inside an Abandoned Geauga Lake with Photographer Alice Heart". Coaster101. October 9, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake's Carousel". NewsPlusNotes.
- ↑ "Current Geauga Lake Photos". NewsPlusNotes.
- ↑ "Grand Carrousel". Worlds of Fun.