Water Slide (Alaskaland)
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Water Slide is a cancelled body water slide that was proposed for Alaskaland in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, by Harold Woodham, who intended to operate it.[1][2]
History
In 1984, businessman Harold Woodham approached the city-run Alaskaland Commission with a proposition to build a 360 foot long water slide that he would operate for four months a year. Upon hearing this idea, Alaskaland Commission chairperson Sybil Ramsey let out a laugh, likely due to the strangeness of building an outdoor water slide in such a northern city.[1]
Woodham eventually obtained a lease for a 0.78-acre portion of the park, but he later asked to end it in April 1985.[3]
The slide was formally cancelled in 1986, when Woodham, along with business partner Jess Belton, instead started development on a large entertainment complex located in nearby North Pole, Alaska, which was to include a full-size water park.[3] This project was also never built.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alaskaland park may get water slide". Anchorage Daily News. October 19, 1984. p. 29. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ↑ Reamer, Reamer (Nov 21, 2024). "1986 concept drawing for proposed 350-foot-long water slide at Alaskaland (now Pioneer Park) in Fairbanks". X. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oehring, Connie (August 12, 1986). "Builders show plans for proposed Arena". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. p. 5. Retrieved April 17, 2025.