Old Amusement Parks In Massachusetts
Whalom park was established in 1893 by the fitchburg leominster street railway as a traditional english style park of gardens and walking paths.
Old amusement parks in massachusetts. The primary reasons for amusement park closures in the early 20th century included the advent of the great depression destruction by fire accidents and construction of highways and other forms of land. 1 of 1 water amusement parks in west yarmouth we stayed at the cape cod resort overnight and you get 2 passes for all three parks for the day you check in and the day you check out brought my granddaughter who is an energetic 11 year old she loved the watersl. In fact all of the amusement parks on this list have both disney theme parks beat by decades and the oldest american amusement park dates back to over a century before disneyland made its debut in 1955.
Whalom park was an amusement park located on lake whalom in lunenburg massachusetts that operated from 1893 to 2000. According to the national amusement park historical association there are approximately 1 000 defunct amusement parks in north america with a significant number being in the united states. It must be noted some of the above parks are still open as of 2012.
They are being included simply because so few are still open. I m not sure if it survived into the 70 s as salisbury beach was an up and coming amusement center during that time. The stories glories of old amusement parks wbgu pbs documentary about 21 amusement parks located in northwest ohio since the 1800s.
Massachusetts state families and kids amusement parks families school and social groups and companies alike are discovering the incredible variety in fun places to enjoy an outing. Abandoned amusement parks of massachusetts and other trivia park name. Wonderland amusement park revere ma.
While all of the amusement parks on this list are incredibly old and some have had closures all of them are up and running today. In october 2014 it was reborn as the 120 acre rocky point state park. Around the same time the town and the state began buying the property in stages.
Defunct amusement parks of illinois over 80 defunct illinois amusement parks. Whatever amusements you re looking for in the form of rides roller coasters games or arcades they re all here. Pirate s fun park salisbury beach ma 1979 2004 last remaining amusement zone at resort replaced by condos pleasure island wakesfield ma 1959 1969 unseasonably cold summer in 1969 bankrupt park point of pines amusement park revere beach ma 1907 never opened ran out of money when park nearly finished.
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