Motordrome

Type	Sports
Park Section	North
Built	1915
Opened	1915
Closed	Unknown - possibly temporary
Width	240 feet
Height	26 feet

A motordrome was erected in the north part of Olentangy Park in 1915. It was 240 feet in circumference and 26 feet high. The main part of the track stood at a steep angle, and the top of the track was perpendicular to the ground. "Cyclone" Woodland and "Daredevil" Hill performed races and stunts from June 19-20, 1915.^[1]

References

↑ "Motordrome at Olentangy." Columbus Evening Dispatch. June 18, 1915. Page 22.

Attractions

Attractions
Attractions	Amphitheater Arcadia Archery Range Arena Automatic Vaudeville Baby Farm Band Shell (1) Band Shell (2) Bandstand (North) Bandstand (South) Ball Grounds Outdoor Ballroom Bathing Pavilion Billiards Birdland Boathouse Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Canoe Club Coney Island Casino (1) Casino (2) Cave of the Winds Outdoor Checkerboard Crazy House Creation Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dancing Pavilion (2) Egyptian Mystery Fair Japan Fantasma Flea Circus Floral Conservatory The Fun House Gypsy Camp Hereafter Hindoo Mystery Horseshoe Courts House of Trouble House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Igorrote Village Japanese Ballroom Johnstown Flood Joy Mill Knock the Barrel Down Laughing Gallery Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Moonlight Gardens Motion Picture Building Motordrome Museum of Ornithology Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Oriental Palmistry Palace of Illusions Palm Garden Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade) Penny Arcade (Midway) Photo Booth Photographic Gallery (2) Photographic Gallery (3) Playground Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Building) Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Scenic Temple Shooting Gallery Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swimming Pool Temple of Mirth Theater Theatorium The Third Degree Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Tours of the World Whirl-o-Ball Wonderland Zoological Gardens
Attraction Types	Activity Spaces Animal Attractions Arcades Fortune Telling Funhouses Exhibitions Music and Performance Skill-Based Games Sports
Designers	Dick Ashbaugh Hollis G. Conrad George C. Hale R. L. Kenyon Kushibiki Yumindo Frank L. Packard C. Rarick J. W. Zarro
Manufacturers	The Automatic Vaudeville Company J. M. Naughton R. L. Kenyon Company Yost & Packard Zarro Amusement Device Company

Park Sections

Park Sections
South	Floral Conservatory Merry-Go-Round (2) Museum of Ornithology Park Entrance Zoological Gardens
Colonnade	Billiards Bowling alleys Egyptian Mystery Hindoo Mystery House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Knock the Barrel Down Palace of Illusions Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade)
The Grove	Ball Grounds Bathing Pavilion Boathouse Bowling alleys Casino (2) Igorrote Village Picnic Grounds Water Toboggan
Center	Airplanes Archery Range Bandstand (South) Birdland Bowling alleys Grand Carousel Circle Swing Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dodgem Electric Autos Flight Tutor (1) Hey-Dey Loop-the-Loop Merry-Go-Round (1) Merry-Go-Round De Luxe Moonlight Gardens Oriental Palmistry Outdoor Ballroom Photo Booth Photographic Gallery (3) Playground Red Devil Roller Skating Rink (Building) Shooting Gallery Theater
Midway	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling alleys Box Ball Alley Coney Island Crazy House Dancing Pavilion (2) Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Johnstown Flood Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Shooting Gallery Temple of Mirth Wonderland
North & Northwest	Amphitheater Arena Band Shell (1) Band Shell (2) Bandstand (North) Ferris Wheel (1) Figure 8 Fair Japan Motion Picture Building Motordrome Ocean Wave Over-the-Top Photographic Gallery (2) Pony and Camel Track The Racer Scenic Coaster Sea-Land-Whirl Shoot-the-Chutes Theatorium Tours of the World Tumble Bug The Whip Whirlwind
Other or Unknown	Baby Animal Farm Cave of the Winds Creation Double Whirl Down and Out Fantasma Ferris Wheel (2) Flea Circus Gypsy Camp Horseshoe Courts House of Trouble Japanese Ballroom Kiss Waltz Lindy-Loop Merry-Go-Round (3) Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Outdoor Checkerboard Palm Garden Scenic Temple Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swan The Third Degree Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Whirl-o-Ball Whirling Wheel

Motordrome

References

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