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* [[Merry-Go-Round (1)]] - Original Merry-Go-Round built for the park's 1896 opening season
* [[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 (2)]] - Merry-Go-Round purchased from the Columbus Zoological Company in 1906
* A merry-go-round added in 1910
* [[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
* [[Grand Carousel]] - Mangels-Illions Carousel currently in operation at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
* [[Merry-Go-Round De Luxe]] - Opened in 1930
* [[Merry-Go-Round De Luxe]] - Opened in 1930

Revision as of 19:55, 27 July 2024

A Merry-Go-Round, sometimes called a Carousel, was an amusement device where riders would mount wooden sculptures of animals that would simulate a riding movement along a vertical pole for each sculpture. It was operated by electricity, and a central organ provided music. There were several of these rides at Olentangy Park. Below is a current list, but there was a new Carousel in 1922 as well.[1]

List of Merry-Go-Rounds and Carousels


  1. "Olentangy Park." The News Gazette (Reynoldsburg, Ohio). Vol. 15. No. 27.6 July 1922. Pg. 2. https://archive.org/details/newsgazette1920000news/page/n869/