Waldameer Park and Water World, Erie, PA (1896-Present)
LONG LOST CAROUSELS: Circa 1908 Waldameer Park Muller-Dentzel-Stein & Goldstein Menagerie Carousel • Waldameer Park, Erie, Pennsylvania.
CN&T/Jerry Betts Archives early 1980s photos
CAROUSEL AUCTIONED – Dec. 1988, Guernseys, NYC – ARCHIVE FEATURE STORY
CLASSIC WOODEN ROLLER COASTER – 1951 PTC “Comet” – Operating
The classic American trolley park began as a picnic area called Hoffman’s Grove. The Erie Electic Motor Company leased the park in 1896 and renamed it “Waldameer”.
The parks historic ca. 1908 Muller-Dentzel-Stein & Goldstein was 3-rows with 47 animals, and one chariot, including 11 Muller standers, a Muller lion, a tiger and a Muller goat, a Dentzel deer, numerous Stein & Goldstein jumpers, and a very rare Allan Herschell elephant. The total of the figures and mechanism broken up at auction in Dec. 1988 totaled over $1 million.
The park retains its classic 1951 PTC Herbert Schmeck designed Comet roller coaster.
Waldameer Park History:
www.waldameer.com
wikipedia_Waldameer_Park
