Merry-Go-Round (3)

Merry-Go-Round

Type	Rotating Ride
Park Section	Unknown
Built	1910
Opened	1910
Closed	Unknown

This third Merry-Go-Round at Olentangy Park opened for the 1910 season.

Description

The Merry-Go-Round was an amusement device where riders would mount wooden sculptures of animals that would simulate a riding movement along a vertical pole for each sculpture. It was operated by electricity, and a central organ provided music.

Injuries

Mrs. Harry Funk received a scalp wound when she was thrown from one of the merry-go-rounds in 1912. Dr. R. P. Elder dressed the injury after the ambulance from Pletcher-Brown was able to arrive within four minutes.^[1]

References

↑ "Thrown from Merry-Go-Round." Columbus Evening Dispatch, June 20, 1912. Page 5.

Park Sections

Park Sections
South	Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse Merry-Go-Round (2) Museum of Ornithology Park Entrance Zoological Gardens
Colonnade	Egyptian Mystery Gypsy Camp House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Knock the Barrel Down Palace of Illusions Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade)
The Grove	Ball Grounds Bathing Pavilion Boathouse Bowling Alley Casino (2) Igorrote Village Picnic Grounds Water Toboggan
Center	Airplanes Archery Range Bandstand Birdland Bowling Alley Grand Carousel Circle Swing Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dodgem Electric Autos Flight Tutor (1) Hey-Dey Loop-the-Loop Merry-Go-Round (1) Merry-Go-Round De Luxe Moonlight Gardens Oriental Palmistry Outdoor Ballroom Playground Red Devil Roller Skating Rink (Building) Shooting Gallery Scenic Coaster Theater
Midway	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Crazyhouse Dancing Pavilion (2) Dear Old Coney Island The Destruction of Johnstown Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Shooting Gallery Temple of Mirth Wonderland
North & Northwest	Amphitheater Arena Band Shell Fantasma Ferris Wheel (1) Figure 8 Fair Japan House of Mystery Moving Pictures Ocean Wave Over-the-Top Photographic Gallery Pony and Camel Track The Racer Sea-Land-Whirl Shoot-the-Chutes Tours of the World Tumble Bug The Whip Whirlwind
Other or Unknown	Baby Animal Farm Cane Rack (Ring Toss) Cave of the Winds Creation Down and Out Double Whirl Ferris Wheel (2) Flea Circus Gypsy Camp Horseshoe Courts House of Trouble Japanese Ballroom Kiss Waltz Lindy-Loop Merry-Go-Round (3) Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Outdoor Checkerboard Palm Garden Scenic Temple Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swan Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Whirl-o-Ball Whirling Wheel

Rides

Rides
Rides	Airplanes Circle Swing Dodgem Down and Out Double Whirl Electric Autos Ferris Wheel (1) Ferris Wheel (2) Figure 8 Flight Tutor (1) Flight Tutor (2) Grand Carousel Hey-Dey Kiss Waltz Lindy-Loop Loop-the-Loop Love's Voyage Merry-Go-Round (1) Merry-Go-Round (2) Merry-Go-Round (3) Merry-Go-Round De Luxe Miniature Railway Ocean Wave Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Over-the-Top Pony and Camel Track The Racer Red Devil Sea-Land-Whirl Scenic Coaster Swan Shoot-the-Chutes Tumble Bug Water Toboggan The Whip Whirling Wheel Whirlwind
Ride Types	Dark Rides Rotating Rides Swinging Rides Track Rides Water Rides
Designers	Henry B. Auchy Lina Beecher W. E. Hoffman Marcus Illions William F. Mangels E. Joy Morris J. W. Pickens Howard Thurston Harry G. Traver
Manufacturers	Aquarama Company Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) Sea Land Whirl Amusement Service Company Spillman Engineering Company Stoehrer & Pratt Dodgem Corporation Traver Circle Swing Company

Merry-Go-Round (3)

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