In 1927 a new carousel was added at Kennywood Park. This ride featured sixty-four hand-carved horses, a lion, a tiger, four chariots, and fourteen hundred lights. A 1916 Wurlitzer [153] band organ provides the music for the carousel. William Dentzel, who carved the first carousel at Kennywood, built it for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926. The ride was not ready to debut at the Exposition and consequently was offered to Kennywood Park. The park purchased the carousel for $25,000, but later realized that it was too large, 54 feet in diameter, to be housed in the existing carousel building. A new $10,000 steel building was built next to the old carousel pavilion (later converted into a food service facility) to accommodate the large structure. The carousel is listed as a historic landmark.
#wurlitzer #bandorgan #carousel #kennywood
15 авг 2024