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| x Dyrehavsbakken |
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1583 |
Dyrehavsbakken ("The Deer Park Hill"), commonly referred to as Bakken ("The Hill"), is the world's oldest operating amusement park. It is located near Klampenborg (Gentofte municipality) but belongs under Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune, Denmark about 10 km...
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Employer | Klampenborg |
| Location | Denmark | ||||
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| x Wurstelprater |
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1766 |
The Wurstelprater is an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater (a park) in the second district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt.
This institution dates back to the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire, when Emperor Josef II. made the Prater (which...
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Location | Prater |
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| x Six Flags New England |
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1840 |
Six Flags New England (SFNE), formerly Riverside Amusement Park, is a Six Flags theme park, named for the New England region, in which it is located. Located off of Massachusetts State Route 159, Six Flags New England is located less than 3 miles (4...
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Employer | Agawam |
| Location | Massachusetts | ||||
| Asset | United States of America | ||||
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| x Rocky Point Amusement Park | 1840 |
The Rocky Point Amusement Park was a highly popular amusement park on the Narragansett Bay side of Warwick, Rhode Island. It operated from the late 1840s until its close in 1995. The following year, the park filed for bankruptcy.
Rocky Point was an...
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Location | Warwick | |
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| x Tivoli Gardens |
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Aug 15, 1843 |
Tivoli Gardens (or simply Tivoli) is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg.
With more...
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Location | Copenhagen |
| Employer | Denmark | ||||
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| x Lake Compounce |
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1846 |
Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut, United States and a part of the neighboring town of Southington, Connecticut; the lake itself lies completely in Southington. It is the oldest continuously operating amusement park...
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Location | Bristol |
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| x Hanayashiki Amusement Park |
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1853 |
Hanayashiki (浅草花やしき, Asakusa hanayashiki) is an amusement park in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo that has operated since 1853. It is operated by Hanayashiki Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. It is claimed to be the oldest amusement park in...
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Employer | Taito, Tokyo |
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| x Salem Willows |
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1858 |
Salem Willows is an oceanfront neighborhood and amusement park in Salem, Massachusetts. It is named for the European white willow trees planted there in 1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at a nearby smallpox hospital. The area...
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Location | Salem |
| Tourist attraction | Massachusetts | ||||
| United States of America | |||||
| x Cedar Point |
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1870 |
Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1870, Cedar Point is the third oldest amusement park in North America behind Six Flags New England and Lake Compounce. It...
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Employer | Ohio |
| Asset | United States of America | ||||
| Business Operation | Sandusky | ||||
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| x Idlewild and Soak Zone |
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1878 |
Idlewild and Soak Zone, commonly known as Idlewild Park or simply Idlewild, is a family amusement park situated in the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Pittsburgh, along US Route 30. Founded...
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Location | Ligonier |
| Employer | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Chippewa Lake Park |
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1878 |
Chippewa Lake Park is a defunct amusement park once located in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, Medina County. It operated from 1878 through 1978, after the final owner, Continental Business Enterprises closed it due to lack of attendance. After the park's...
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Location | Chippewa Lake |
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| x Seabreeze Amusement Park |
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Aug 5, 1879 |
Seabreeze Amusement Park, known locally as Seabreeze, is an historic amusement park in Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, New York, United States.
Seabreeze is in northeast Irondequoit, where Irondequoit Bay empties into Lake Ontario. It opened on...
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Location | Irondequoit |
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| x Taiping Lake Gardens | 1880 |
Taiping Lake Gardens is the first public garden established during British rule in Malaysia. The garden is located near Bukit Larut, within the town center and the Taiping Zoo.
The Taiping Lake Gardens was originally a mining site before it was...
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Employer | Taiping | |
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| x Gröna Lund |
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1883 |
Tivoli Gröna Lund (lit. The Green Grove) or Grönan is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the seaward side of the Djurgården island and is relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly due to its central location,...
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Location | Stockholm |
| Employer | Djurgården | ||||
| Tourist attraction | Sweden | ||||
| x Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom |
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1884 |
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an American amusement and water park located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The park features eight roller coasters, other adult and children's rides, and a waterpark, Wildwater Kingdom.
It features some of the world...
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Employer | South Whitehall Township |
| Location | Allentown | ||||
| Asset | United States of America | ||||
| Tourist attraction | Pennsylvania | ||||
| x Lagoon Amusement Park |
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1886 |
Lagoon is an amusement park in Farmington, Utah, United States located about seventeen miles (27 km) north of Salt Lake City. It is privately owned. It has nine roller coasters, three of which are unique; one of these being Colossus the Fire Dragon,...
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Location | Farmington |
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Cawston Ostrich Farm | 1886 |
Cawston Ostrich Farm, located in South Pasadena, California, was opened in 1886 by Edwin Cawston. It was America's first ostrich farm and was located in the Arroyo Seco Valley just three miles (5 km) north of downtown Los Angeles and occupied nine...
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Tourist attraction | South Pasadena | |
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| x Crescent Park | 1886 |
Crescent Park was a famous amusement park in Riverside, East Providence, Rhode Island from 1886-1979. After declining attendance during the 1970s the part was closed. The land was cleared for condominium and low-income housing. The only remaining...
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| x Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Jun 21, 1886 |
Coney Island is a small amusement park and waterpark located in the California neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio and Anderson Township, on the banks of the Ohio River 10 miles (16 km) east of Downtown Cincinnati. The park is currently owned by Brenda...
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Location | Cincinnati |
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| x Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom |
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1887 |
Geauga Lake was an amusement park located in Aurora, Ohio, United States, founded in 1887. On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair, the park's owner, announced that the traditional amusement park would close down and that the property would operate solely...
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Location | Aurora |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
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| x Trimpers Rides |
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1887 |
Trimper's Rides is a historic amusement park located near the inlet at South First Street and the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland,in The United States. It was founded in 1893 as The Windsor Resort, and is over 100 years old. It is located at the...
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Location | Ocean City |
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| x Pullen Park |
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Mar 22, 1887 |
Pullen Park is a 72 acres (29.1 ha) public park in Raleigh, North Carolina west of downtown, adjacent to the campus of North Carolina State University, between Western Boulevard and Hillsborough Street. The park features picnic areas, a concessions...
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Location | Wake County |
| Tourist attraction | 27605 | ||||
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| x Crystal Beach Amusement Park | 1888 | Location | |||
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| x Orange County Fair |
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1890 |
The Orange County Fair, abbreviated as the OC Fair, is a 23-day annual fair that is held every summer at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California.
The fair first took place in the year 1890 and consisted of some minor exhibits in Santa...
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Recurring event | Costa Mesa |
| Tourist attraction | California | ||||
| Location | United States of America | ||||
| x Elitch Gardens |
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May 1, 1890 |
Elitch Gardens was a family-owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States at 38th and Tennyson streets. For more than a century Elitch's was one of the most popular...
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Location | Denver |
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| x Glen Echo Park |
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1891 |
Glen Echo Park, also known as Glen Echo Amusement Park and Glen Echo Park Historic District, is a public park and national historic district in Glen Echo, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is managed by the National Park Service as part of the George...
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Location | Glen Echo |
| Park | Maryland | ||||
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| x Bay Beach Amusement Park |
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1892 |
Bay Beach is a municipal amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The park is situated near the mouth of the Fox River as it flows into Green Bay, on the east bank. It features rides, concessions, and a roller coaster. The park's history dates to the...
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Location | Green Bay |
| Employer | Wisconsin | ||||
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Conneaut Lake Park |
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1892 |
Conneaut Lake Park is a summer amusement resort, located in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA. It has long served as a regional tourist destination, and is loved by roller coaster enthusiasts for its classic Blue Streak coaster, which was recently...
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Location | Conneaut Lake |
| Employer | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Whalom Park |
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1893 |
Whalom Park was an amusement park located on Lake Whalom in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, that operated from 1893 to 2000.
Whalom Park was established in 1893 by the Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway as a traditional, English-style park of gardens...
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Location | Lunenburg |
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| x Central Park | 1893 |
Central Park was an amusement park in the Rittersville section of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was located on 40 acres purchased from the Thomas Ritter farm by the Allentown Bethlehem Rapid Transit Company.
The park opened in July, 1893. After a...
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Tourist attraction | Allentown | |
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| x Lincoln Park |
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1894 |
Lincoln Park was a park opened in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts on the border of Westport, Massachusetts on U.S. Highway 6.
Lincoln Park was originally built as a...
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Location | Dartmouth |
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| x Mountain Park | 1894 |
Mountain Park, located on Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was originally built as a trolley park by the Holyoke Street Railway Company. Trolley parks were built just outside of populated areas to encourage trolley usage on weekends. The Holyoke...
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Location | Holyoke | |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
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| x Midway Park |
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1894 |
Midway State Park, located in Maple Springs, New York, USA was established in 1898 by the Jamestown & Lake Erie Railway as a picnic ground. Today, it is recognized as the fifteenth-oldest continually operating amusement park in the United States,...
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Location | Maple Springs |
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| x Lakemont Park |
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1894 |
Lakemont Park, located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, houses the world's oldest-surviving roller coaster, the Leap-The-Dips. The park opened in 1894 (four years before Kennywood Park) as a trolley park and became an amusement park in the summer of 1899....
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Location | Altoona |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
| Tourist attraction | Pennsylvania | ||||
| x Krug Park | 1895 |
Krug Park (currently known as Gallagher Park) was an amusement park located at 2936 North 52nd Street in the Benson neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, USA at the turn of the 20th century. In 1930, Krug Park was the site of the worst roller coaster...
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Location | Omaha | |
| Employer | Benson | ||||
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| x Pleasure Beach Blackpool |
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1896 |
Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the...
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Location | Blackpool |
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| x Waldameer Park |
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1896 |
Waldameer Park and Water World is an amusement / water park in Erie, Pennsylvania located at the base of Presque Isle. Waldameer is the fourth oldest amusement park in Pennsylvania, and the tenth oldest in the United States. The park is admission...
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Location | Erie |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
| Tourist attraction | Pennsylvania | ||||
| x Barry Island Pleasure Park |
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1897 |
Barry Island Pleasure Park is an amusement park situated on the coast at Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 10 miles south west of the capital city Cardiff, Wales. The park opens annually at weekends from Easter onwards and daily during...
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Location | Barry Island |
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| x Rock Springs Park | 1897 |
Rock Springs Park is a defunct amusement park once located in Chester, West Virginia, Hancock County. The park officially began operation in 1897, and closed in 1970 after the death of its final owner, Robert Hand. After four years of disuse, the...
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Location | Chester | |
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| x Cascade Park, New Castle, Pennsylvania |
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May 29, 1897 |
Cascade Park is a nature park and former amusement park in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The park was originally known as Big Run Falls when the area on which the park sits was purchased by Col. Levi Brinton in 1892. Power companies at the turn of the...
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| x Kennywood |
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1898 |
Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The park first opened in 1898 as a "trolley park" at the end of the Monongahela Street Railway. The park was purchased in 1906 by F. W. Henninger and...
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Employer | West Mifflin |
| Listed Site | Pennsylvania | ||||
| NRIS Listing | Allegheny County | ||||
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| x Palisades Amusement Park |
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1898 |
Palisades Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Bergen County, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. It was situated atop the New Jersey Palisades lying partly in Cliffside Park and partly in Fort Lee. The park operated...
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Location | Bergen County |
| Employer | 07010 | ||||
| Tourist attraction | New Jersey | ||||
| United States of America | |||||
| x Beech Bend Park | 1898 |
Beech Bend Park is an amusement park, campground and automobile race track located in Warren County, Kentucky, USA, just outside the limits of the city of Bowling Green.
The park takes its name from a bend in Barren River where stands of beech trees...
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Location | Bowling Green | |
| Employer | Warren County | ||||
| Tourist attraction | Kentucky | ||||
| Product | United States of America | ||||
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| x Boblo Island Amusement Park |
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1898 |
Boblo Island Amusement Park was a theme park which ran from 1898 until its closure on September 30, 1993. Its amusement rides were sold in 1994.
The park was located on Bois Blanc Island, Ontario. It lies just above the mouth of the Detroit River....
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Employer | Ontario |
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| x Canobie Lake Park |
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Aug 23, 1902 |
Canobie Lake Park is an amusement park located in Salem, New Hampshire, United States, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Boston, Massachusetts.
Canobie Lake Park opened on August 23, 1902, as a trolley park for the Massachusetts Northeast Street...
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Location | Salem |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
| Tourist attraction | New Hampshire | ||||
| x Luna Park, Coney Island |
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1903 |
Luna Park was an amusement park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City from 1903 to 1944. A second Luna Park was opened on the former site of the nearby Astroland amusement park. The second incarnation of Luna Park opened on May 29, 2010.
The park...
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Employer | Coney Island |
| Location | New York | ||||
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Camden Park | 1903 |
Camden Park is an amusement park located in Huntington, West Virginia. The park first opened in 1903 as a picnic spot along the Camden Interstate Railway street car line between Huntington and Ashland, Kentucky. It is traditional park home to over...
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Location | Huntington | |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
| Tourist attraction | West Virginia | ||||
| x Idora Park |
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1904 |
Idora Park was a 17.5-acre (71,000 m) Victorian era trolley park in north Oakland, California constructed in 1904 on the site of an informal park setting called Ayala Park on the north banks of Temescal Creek. Idora Park was leased by the Ingersoll...
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Location | Temescal |
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| x Oaks Amusement Park |
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1905 |
Oaks Park is a small amusement park located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of downtown Portland, Oregon USA, near the Sellwood Bridge. The 44-acre (18 ha) park includes midway games, about two dozen rides that operate seasonally, a skating rink that is...
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Location | Portland |
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| x White City |
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1905 |
For other parks of the same name, see White City (amusement parks)
White City was an amusement park located in Shrewsbury, a suburb of Worcester, Massachusetts.
White City was founded by local businessman Horace H. Bigelow. The park opened on June...
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Employer | Shrewsbury |
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| x Camp Farwell | 1906 |
Camp Farwell is a 100 acres (40 ha) summer camp for girls in Newbury, Vermont on Halls Lake. Founded in 1906 by Julia Farwell, it may be the longest running all girls camp in the United States.
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Tourist attraction | Newbury | |
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| x Happyland Amusement Park | 1906 |
The Happyland Amusement Park was an amusement park in the South Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, New York from 1906 till about 1935. Its location is now occupied by the South Beach-Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, a public park.
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| x Los Angeles Alligator Farm |
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1907 |
The Los Angeles Alligator Farm, located next door to the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, was an alligator farm and a major city tourist attraction from 1907 until 1953....
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| x Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk |
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1907 |
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.
The Boardwalk...
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Location | Santa Cruz |
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| x Clementon Amusement Park | 1907 |
Clementon Park and Splash World is a small amusement 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...
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Location | Clementon | |
| Employer | United States of America | ||||
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| x DelGrosso's Amusement Park |
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1907 |
DelGrosso's Amusement Park is a family-oriented amusement park located in Tipton, Pennsylvania, a northern suburb of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park was purchased by the DelGrosso family in 1946 and was named "Bland's Park" until 2000. In 2000, the...
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Location | Tipton |
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
| x Hersheypark |
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Apr 24, 1907 |
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Harrisburg, and 95 miles (153 km) west of Philadelphia. Founded in 1907 by Milton...
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Employer | Hershey |
| Location | Derry Township | ||||
| Tourist attraction | United States of America | ||||
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| x Quassy Amusement Park |
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1908 |
Quassy, which was once called Lake Quassapaug Amusement Park, was founded as an amusement park in 1908 and sits on the south shore of Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury, Connecticut, USA. On its 20 acres (81,000 m) plus, it boasts 22 rides.
While the...
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Location | Middlebury |
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| x Lakeside Amusement Park |
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May 30, 1908 |
Lakeside Amusement Park is a family-owned amusement park in Lakeside, Colorado near Denver. Originally named White City, it was opened in 1908 as a popular amusement resort adjacent to Lake Rhoda spearheaded by prominent Denver brewer Adolph Zang....
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Location | Lakeside |
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| x Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach |
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1909 |
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach is a historic free entry pleasure park located in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the English east coast. The park first opened in 1909 and has been operating ever since.
The largest and most...
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Employer | Great Yarmouth |
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