PTC #14, 1907 Menagerie
Last operated at Rocky Glen, renamed Ghost Town, Moosic, PA.
PTC 14 Carousel – 3-row. Menagerie. Factory Code-named “Qualtri”. #55R – Re-manufactured in 1920. Built in 1907 (-1988) Dispersed*
Photos courtesy of Barbara Williams Collection, from The Tuttle Collection.
*The outer row animals of PTC #14 remain together exactly as they were here, but got two horses traded off to make it possible to keep the remainder. The figures are for sale, and for the right price, could be available to a carousel project, only if they would be kept intact, and put back on an operating carousel.
“The carousel had the early massive horses with broad, elongated faces. The original cost was $8,000. First operated at Melville Park, Bayonne, NJ, then Clason Point, NY, then Tirell’s South Beach, Staten Island, NY. Rebuilt as #55R in 1920 and sent to Rocky Glen (which later was renamed Ghost Town in the Glen), Moosic, PA. Last operated at Ghost Town, Moosic, PA. The park closed in 1987. Dispersed in August 1988 according to an annotated list in the PTC archives.”
From CNT June 2010 by Richard Gardner who also penned the book on PTC Carousel History.
Early archive photo courtesy of Tom Rebbie and Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.
