George C. Hale

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George Consider Hale was the fire chief for the Kansas City Fire Department and retired in 1902 at the age of 52. He was a prolific inventor who held over 60 patents, mostly for firefighting equipment. At Olentangy Park, his invention, "Tours of the World," was a "Phantom Ride" that used the building's interior, effects, and film to create what we'd now call a virtual reality experience of traveling without actually moving.[1]

Rides

  • Pleasure railway. (Sept. 19, 1905) U.S. Patent No. 800,100 PDF[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wilk, Stephen R. Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 70-71.
  2. ↑ Hale, G. C. 1905. "Pleasure railway." U.S. Patent No. 800,100. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PDF
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