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| {{Infobox ride
| | #REDIRECT [[Grand Carousel]] |
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| | type = Rotating Ride
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| | section = Center
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| | built = 1922
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| | opened = 1922
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| | 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><ref>[https://archive.org/details/newsgazette1920000news/page/n869/ "Olentangy Park."] ''The News Gazette (Reynoldsburg, Ohio).'' July 6, 1922. Vol. 15. No. 27. Page 2.</ref><ref name="sanborn1922">''[https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_008/ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company. - 1922 Vol. 3, 1922, 1922. Map.</ref> Many articles say it was the building that was new, but also that it housed "one of the largest and most complete amusements of this character [carousels] in the country," suggesting the [[Grand Carousel]] or one of the other [[Merry-Go-Round|merry-go-rounds]] were moved there when the old [[Dancing Pavilion (1)|Dancing Pavilion building]] was updated to become the [[second casino|Casino (2)]].<ref>"Park is Open Today." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' April 23, 1922. Page 7.</ref>
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| == Description ==
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| 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.
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[Merry-Go-Round (1)]] - Original Merry-Go-Round built for the park's 1896 opening season
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| * [[Merry-Go-Round (2)]] - Merry-Go-Round purchased from the Columbus Zoological Company in 1906
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| * [[Merry-Go-Round (3)]] - A merry-go-round added in 1910
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| * [[Grand Carousel]] - Mangels-Illions Carousel currently in operation at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
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| * [[Merry-Go-Round De Luxe]] - Opened in 1930
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| == References ==
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| {{Rides}}
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| {{Park Sections}}
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| [[Category:Rides]]
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| [[Category:Rotating Rides]]
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| [[Category:Added in 1922]]
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| {{#seo:|description=A new carousel was added to Olentangy Park in the 1922 season. Carousels were amusement devices where riders would mount wooden sculptures of animals that would simulate a riding movement.}}
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| {{#seo:|keywords=Carousel, Merry-Go-Round, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville}}
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