LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park

LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park

Location	Middletown, Ohio, USA
Status	Defunct
Operated	June 10, 1922 to 2002
Previous names	Americana Park (1978 - 2001) LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park

LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park was an amusement park in Middletown, Ohio, USA. It was located adjacent to Fantasy Farm Amusement Park.

History

In 1949, the park was expanded. The Rock-O-Plane, Parade of Fun funhouse, and an amusement arcade were all added.

The park was renamed Americana Park in 1978.

In February 1996, the park was acquired by Park River Corporation, owner of another Ohio amusement park, Coney Island. However in January 2000, Park River announced that due to lower than expected attendance, Americana Park would not reopen. In May 2000, it was sold to Jerry Couch, who owned a nearby RV dealership. Couch announced his plan to reopen the amusement park under its original name in August. The reopening was pushed back to April 2001 and again to 2002.

The park closed a week earlier than expected in 2002. Park owner Jerry Couch stated he planned to open the park under new management in 2003. It did not reopen and many attractions were left standing but not operating.

In May 2006, Couch confirmed that the park would not reopen, announcing his intention to expand his RV dealership and sell the remaining rides at LeSourdsville Lake. Couch stated that he had lost $500,000 after opening the park in 2002. The Screechin' Eagle roller coaster was demolished in August 2011.

Former roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Jack Rabbit	Unknown	Kiddie	1955	1967	Unknown
Little Dipper	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	1968	2002	Relocated to Sluggers & Putters
Screechin' Eagle	Unknown	Wooden	May 19, 1940	2002	Scrapped
Serpent	SDC	Sit-Down	1989	2002	Relocated to Kokomo's Family Fun Center
Wild Mouse	Adolph Heinrich	Wild Mouse	1961	Unknown	Unknown
unknown	Unknown	Kiddie	1952	Unknown	Unknown

Former attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Antique Autos	Unknown	Track Ride	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Brass Ring Carousel	Unknown	Carousel	1996	2002	Unknown
Demolition Derby	Barbieri	Dodgems	May 1990	Unknown	Unknown
Dodgem	Unknown	Dodgems	1940	May 1988	Destroyed by fire
Electric Rainbow	Unknown	Round-Up	1998 or earlier	1998 or later	Unknown
Calypso	Robles Bouso Atracciones	Calypso	1972	2002	Relocated to Fun Spot
Flying Coaster	Aero-Affiliates	Flying Coaster	1963	1986	Unknown
Flying Scooters	Bisch Rocco	Flying Scooters	1998 or earlier	2002	Unknown
Paratrooper	Hrubetz	Paratrooper	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Roaring Thunder Log Flume	Unknown	Log Flume	1984	2002	Unknown
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1949	2002	Relocated to Coney Island
Scenic Ride	Unknown	Unknown	1940	1955	Unknown
Scrambler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1998 or earlier	2002	Unknown
Sombrero	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Space Combat	Unknown	Jets	1968	1993	Unknown
Sky Ride	Universal Design	Ropeway	1965	2002	Scrapped
Tempest	Grover Watkins	Tempest	1998	1998 or later	Relocated to Coney Island
Tilt-a-Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	2002 or earlier	2002	Unknown
Trabant	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Whip	Unknown	Whip	1998 or earlier	2002	Unknown
Zipper	Chance Rides	Zipper	Unknown	2002	Unknown

External links

• 
  LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase.