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#REDIRECT [[Grand Carousel]]
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| type          = Rotating Ride
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| built          = 1922
| opened        = 1922
| closed        = Unknown
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A new carousel was added to Olentangy Park in the 1922 season.<ref>"At Olentangy." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' April 17, 1922. Page 24.</ref> This could have been the [[Grand Carousel]] just moved to a new structure.
 
== Description ==
The Carousel was an amusement device in which riders mounted wooden sculptures of animals that simulated a riding movement along a vertical pole for each sculpture. It was operated by electricity, and a central organ provided music.
 
 
== See Also ==
* [[Merry-Go-Round (1)]] - Original Merry-Go-Round built for the park's 1896 opening season
* [[Merry-Go-Round (2)]] - Merry-Go-Round purchased from the Columbus Zoological Company in 1906
* [[Merry-Go-Round (3)]] - A merry-go-round added in 1910
* [[Grand Carousel]] - Mangels-Illions Carousel currently in operation at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
* [[Merry-Go-Round De Luxe]] - Opened in 1930
== References ==
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{{Rides}}
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[[Category:Rides]]
[[Category:Rotating Rides]]
[[Category:Added in 1922]]
 
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