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The ride is labeled PTC #3 and described as a three-row Menagerie.<ref name="trader" /><ref>Fried, Frederick. ''A Pictorial History of the Carousel.'' Vestal, New York: Vestal Press. 1964. Page 217. Accessed through Internet Archive.</ref> As of 2022, only two three-row menagerie carousels were still operating.<ref name="anniversary">Rodgers, Mary. "[The Columbus Zoological Company." ''[https://irp.cdn-website.com/10de509c/files/uploaded/175th_Anniversary_Magazine-Complete-0d17bf64.pdf Clintonville 175th Anniversary Magazine 1847-2022]'' Published by the Clintonville Historical Society. Published in 2022. Pages 13-15.</ref>
The ride is labeled PTC #3 and described as a three-row Menagerie.<ref name="trader" /><ref>Fried, Frederick. ''A Pictorial History of the Carousel.'' Vestal, New York: Vestal Press. 1964. Page 217. Accessed through Internet Archive.</ref> As of 2022, only two three-row menagerie carousels were still operating.<ref name="anniversary">Rodgers, Mary. "[The Columbus Zoological Company." ''[https://irp.cdn-website.com/10de509c/files/uploaded/175th_Anniversary_Magazine-Complete-0d17bf64.pdf Clintonville 175th Anniversary Magazine 1847-2022]'' Published by the Clintonville Historical Society. Published in 2022. Pages 13-15.</ref>


Built in 1904, this ride had "gay rocking horses and chariots and [had a] big organ."<ref name="logan" /> [[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC)]] bought [[E. Joy Morris]]'s carousel company and Morris continued designing the rides' animals.<ref name="kitcarson" /><ref>Manns, William. [https://carouselhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Carousel-news-and-trader-march-1989.pdf "E. Joy Morris - Philadelphia's Forgotten Carousel Builder."] ''Carousel News and Trader.'' March 1989. Vol. 5. Issue 3. Pages 5-14. Special thanks to the members of the Carousel Figure Identification Facebook group.</ref><ref>Sotheby's. [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/americana-vo-n09100/lot.314.html "A Fine Carved and Painted Carousel Horse, Probably Charles I. D. Looff, Circa 1900."] Sale N09100, Lot 314. 2014. Accessed May 23, 2025.</ref> It was called a "regular Coney Island carousel" (sic) when it opened.<ref name="marion" /> PTC started building rides with only horses in 1909.<ref name="kitcarson">[https://www.kitcarsoncountycarousel.com/museum "The Passing of the Menagerie."] ''Kit Carson County Carousel.'' Accessed on June 2, 2024.</ref>
Built in 1904, this ride had "gay rocking horses and chariots and [had a] big organ."<ref name="logan" /> [[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC)]] bought [[E. Joy Morris]]'s carousel company and Morris continued designing the rides' animals.<ref name="kitcarson" /><ref>Manns, William. [https://carouselhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Carousel-news-and-trader-march-1989.pdf "E. Joy Morris - Philadelphia's Forgotten Carousel Builder."] ''Carousel News and Trader.'' March 1989. Vol. 5. Issue 3. Pages 5-14. Special thanks to the members of the Carousel Figure Identification Facebook group.</ref><ref>Sotheby's. [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/americana-vo-n09100/lot.314.html "A Fine Carved and Painted Carousel Horse, Probably Charles I. D. Looff, Circa 1900."] Sale N09100, Lot 314. 2014. Accessed May 23, 2025.</ref> It was called a "regular Coney Island carousel" (sic) when it opened.<ref name="marion" /> PTC started building rides with only horses in 1909.<ref name="kitcarson">[https://www.kitcarsoncountycarousel.com/museum "The Passing of the Menagerie."] ''Kit Carson County Carousel.'' Accessed on June 2, 2024.</ref> The horses were likely carved by Daniel and Alfred Muller.<ref name="anniversary" />


== Injuries ==
== Injuries ==

Revision as of 04:16, 31 January 2026

Merry-Go-Round
Other Name(s) Carousal
Caroussel
Type Rotating Ride
Park Section South
Built 1904
Opened 1906
Closed Unknown
Manufacturer Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC)
Designer E. Joy Morris
Daniel Muller (carver)
Alfred Muller (carver)
Vehicle Type Wooden Animal Sculptures
Replaced Dancing Pavilion (1)

This second Merry-Go-Round at Olentangy Park was purchased from the Columbus Zoological Company in 1906[1][2][3][4] after the company became defunct the year before.[5] Some articles said the ride was located near the park's southeast entrance and the Ferris Wheel.[1] However, it was likely the carousel that was installed in the original Dancing Pavilion in 1906.[6][7]

It took 20 teams and nearly 100 men to move the Carousel and Forest Coaster (changed to Scenic Coaster) to the park.[2]

The fate of the ride was unknown as of June 2010.[4]

Description

The Merry-Go-Round 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.

The ride is labeled PTC #3 and described as a three-row Menagerie.[4][8] As of 2022, only two three-row menagerie carousels were still operating.[9]

Built in 1904, this ride had "gay rocking horses and chariots and [had a] big organ."[1] Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) bought E. Joy Morris's carousel company and Morris continued designing the rides' animals.[10][11][12] It was called a "regular Coney Island carousel" (sic) when it opened.[3] PTC started building rides with only horses in 1909.[10] The horses were likely carved by Daniel and Alfred Muller.[9]

Injuries

Mrs. Harry Funk received a scalp wound when she was thrown from one of the merry-go-rounds in June 1912. Dr. R. P. Elder dressed the injury after the ambulance from Pletcher-Brown arrived within four minutes.[13]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Olentangy Park." The Democrat-Sentinel (Logan, Ohio). June 14, 1906. Page 2. Clip 1 | Clip 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. April 15, 1906. Page 7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Opening of Olentangy Park." The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio). April 28, 1906. Page 10. Accessed through Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gardner, Richard A. and Barbara Williams. "Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel History; 1904-1941." Carousel News and Trader. June 2010. Vol. 26. Issue 6. Pages 15-44.
  5. ↑ Rashon, Sam. The Bark of Beechwold. January 1990. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
  6. ↑ "Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." Columbus Evening Dispatch. April 15, 1906. Page 7.
  7. ↑ "Auspicious Day for Park Opening." Columbus Evening Dispatch. April 30, 1906. Page 6.
  8. ↑ Fried, Frederick. A Pictorial History of the Carousel. Vestal, New York: Vestal Press. 1964. Page 217. Accessed through Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rodgers, Mary. "[The Columbus Zoological Company." Clintonville 175th Anniversary Magazine 1847-2022 Published by the Clintonville Historical Society. Published in 2022. Pages 13-15.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The Passing of the Menagerie." Kit Carson County Carousel. Accessed on June 2, 2024.
  11. ↑ Manns, William. "E. Joy Morris - Philadelphia's Forgotten Carousel Builder." Carousel News and Trader. March 1989. Vol. 5. Issue 3. Pages 5-14. Special thanks to the members of the Carousel Figure Identification Facebook group.
  12. ↑ Sotheby's. "A Fine Carved and Painted Carousel Horse, Probably Charles I. D. Looff, Circa 1900." Sale N09100, Lot 314. 2014. Accessed May 23, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Thrown from Merry-Go-Round." Columbus Evening Dispatch. June 20, 1912. Page 5.


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