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Clementon Amusement Park Clementon Amusement Park. Clementon Park and Splash World is a mid-sized combination theme park and water park located in Clementon, New Jersey in Camden County, New Jersey, United States right on Clementon Lake and close to the Pine Valley Golf Club. Also known as Clementon Lake Park, it is one of the world's oldest operating amusement parks.
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Homer Laughlin China Company The visitor's entrance at the Homer Laughlin China Company. The Homer Laughlin China Company initially began as Laughlin Pottery in East Liverpool, Ohio. The company was started in 1871 by brothers Shakespeare and Homer Laughlin, however Shakespeare would later leave the company in 1879. In 1889, William Edwin Wells joined Homer and seven years later the two would incorporate.
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Cedar Point The background changes depending on the new attraction that year. Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Opened in 1870, it is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce.
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Coney Island Today's Coney Island. Today Coney Island is a somewhat antiquated, albeit entertaining curiosity with its amusement park, wooden boardwalk and kitschy hot dog and pizza stands. The famous Astroland amusement park has been replaced with the more modern Luna Park, which opened at the end of May 2010.oney Island's Heyday. Coney Island saw big changes in 1920 when the NY subway was built. Five cents brought people of all races and persuasions to the beach, a fact that angered the rich who once frequented the area. In 1926, a Boardwalk was built to accommodate visitors and increase business.
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Stephen Carlton Clark Stephen Carlton Clark. Stephen Carlton Clark (August 29, 1882 – September 17, 1960) was an American art collector, businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist. He founded the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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Epcot Before it opened on October 1, 1982, Walt Disney World Ambassador Genie Field introduced E. Cardon Walker, Disney's chairman and CEO, who dedicated EPCOT Center. Walker also presented a family with lifetime passes for the two Walt Disney World theme parks.
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The Dark Side of Kennywood The history of Kennywood's funhouses and darkrides is almost as old as the park itself. According to the 1939 History of Kennywood Park by Marie McSwigan, Ye Old Mill was constructed in 1899, but 1901 is the date generally cited by most sources as the first season of the ride.
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Caton, Lancashireupdate The River Lune passes by Caton to the north, where the Crook O' Lune picnic area is situated. Caton railway station was on the Midland Railway Line between Wennington and Lancaster which was closed in 1966. The section between Caton and Lancaster is now a cycleway.
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Griffon (roller coaster) Pictures of Griffon at RCDB. Griffon is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster located at the Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park in James City County, Virginia, United States. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it is 205 feet (62 m) high, and is the second-fastest (71 miles per hour (114 km/h)) Dive Coaster built.
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Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 365-acre (148 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Opened in 1870, it is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce. Cedar Point is owned and operated by Cedar Fair and is considered the flagship of the amusement park chain. Known as America's Roller Coast, the park features a world-record 71 rides, including 16 roller coasters which are second-most in the world behind Six Flags Magic Mountain.
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Rumsey Playfield The Casino was torn down during 1930s and the Mary Harriman Rumsey Playground was built in its place. Like the rest of the Park, the playground was in bad shape by the 1970s. Central Park Conservancy stepped in to restore the space so gym classes could play on a safe, enclosed area away from the Park's other visitors. SummerStage started in 1990, and the musical tradition carries on. In 2016 Central Park Conservancy restored the landscape around Rumsey Playfield. The work included rebuilding paths and expanding irrigation infrastructure in the landscape to keep the Park beautiful.
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Worlds of Fun Worlds of Fun is a 235-acre amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The park opened in 1973 and is owned and operated by Cedar Fair, which purchased the park from Hunt-Midwest in 1995. Admission to Worlds of Fun includes access to Oceans of Fun, a water park adjacent to the amusement park.
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San Francisco Playland-At-The-Beach: 20 Years Of History (PHOTOS) San Francisco Playland-At-The-Beach: 20 Years Of History (PHOTOS) This article is part of Tales from the City, a partnership with the San Francisco Public Library's Historical Photograph Collection. Forget New York's Coney Island and Chicago's Navy Pier. Back in the day, San Francisco was home to its own urban amusement park, complete with roller coasters and a ferris wheel. Christina Moretta, photo curator of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, handpicked photos of Playland-at-the-Beach between 1945 and 1966 exclusively for The Huffington Post.
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Carowinds carowinds is a 398 acre 161 ha amusement park located adjacent to interstate 77 on the border between north and south carolina in charlotte and fort mill respectively the park opened on march 31 1973 at a cost of $ 70 millionhe paladium is an outdoor amphitheater located at carowinds it opened in 1975 and was the charlotte area s premier outdoor concert venue until the opening of blockbuster pavilion now pnc music pavilion in 1991 admission to the paladium is separate from admission to carowinds
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Coney Island Recommends. Contributor. The city's first amusement park is still a great place for a fun-for-all. – In Short. In 1886, the park opened as Ohio Grove, the Coney Island of the West, linking it (at least by name) to the famous New York park. A favorite stop in the present-day park is the Sunlite Pool, advertised as the world's largest re-circulating pool..
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Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 365-acre (148 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Opened in 1870, it is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce.
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Camping Camping is limited to 14 consecutive days, with a 30 day total camping limit per year. Reservations for Lake Clementine Boat-In Campground are only taken through Reserve America (call 1-800-444-7275). Mineral Bar Campground and Ruck-A-Chucky Campground are operated on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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- Caron Perfume and Caron Cologne. Caron is a French perfume house founded in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff who, without any formal training in perfumery, created one of the most successful houses in fragrance history.Hired in 1906 to be the company’s artistic adviser, Felicie Wanpouille, a former dressmaker, was responsible for bottle and package design.aron Perfume and Caron Cologne. Caron is a French perfume house founded in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff who, without any formal training in perfumery, created one of the most successful houses in fragrance history.
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- Updating Map... Winner of the 2014 Northern Ireland Tourist Board Best Visitor... Winner of the 2014 Northern Ireland Tourist Board Best Visitor Experience 2014 Belleek Pottery & Visitor Centre is home to one of the oldest working Potteries in the world beginning it's existence in 1857.
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About Us Taylor was responsible for having the town of Jamestown, the original name of Riverton, platted on December 11, 1837. The town's formation is believed to have been caused by the construction of the Northern Cross Railroad. This railroad was supposed to have run from the Illinois River to the boundary line with Indiana.
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History of Knott's Berry Farm History of Knott's Berry Farm. The Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Orange County, California originated from a berry farm owned by Walter Knott (1889-1981). In the 1920s, Knott and his wife, Cordelia, sold berries, berry preserves and pies from a roadside stand beside State Route 39, near the small town of Buena Park.
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- Clementine (The Walking Dead) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clementine is a major character in the The Walking Dead episodic adventure video game series, a spin-off of the Robert Kirkman comic of the same name by Telltale Games. She is non-playable in the first season, and turned into the only playable protagonist in the second.
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Blue Streak (Conneaut Lake) Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster built in 1937 at Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. It is the 17th oldest wooden roller coaster in the United States, and it is one of two shallow coasters designed by Ed Vettel and still operating. The Blue Streak at Conneaut Lake Park first opened in 1938.
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History of The Comet at The Great Escape History of The Comet at The Great Escape. A Legend Is Born. In 1927, roller coaster builder Harry Traver built the first portion of what would become The Comet. Its name back then was The Cyclone, and its first home was Crystal Beach Amusement Park in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada.
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Miracle Strip Amusement Park Miracle Strip Amusement Park. A postcard from the 1970s showing the park in it’s prime. Miracle Strip Amusement Park opened in 1963 with the Starliner Roller Coaster as it’s main attraction. Located across from the beach in Panama City, the park did not look like your average theme park and resembled the traditional seaside boardwalks of the past.
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- About Crescent City Amusements. Welcome to Crescent City Amusements. Crescent City Amusements is a family operated business founded in 2004 by Greg and Michele Brooks . We are based out of Slidell louisiana with a summer county fair route in Minnesota. Crescent City Amusements offers safe family fun sure to please your patrons.