Aquarama Company
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The Aquarama Company built the first Ye Olde Mill at Olentangy Park in 1904.[1]
They sued park president J. W. Dusenbury a year later for not paying the agreed-upon percentages derived from the operation of the ride.[1]
Around February 1911, the Riding Device Company bought the patents of the Aquarama Company and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.[2]
The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May[3] and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.[4][5][6][7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sue Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 10, 1905. Page 1.
- ↑ Advertisement. The Billboard. February 18, 1911. Page 25. Accessed through The Internet Archive. https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf
- ↑ "Fire at Columbus Park." The Billboard, June 10, 1911. Vol. 23. Issue 23. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up
- ↑ "Fire at Olentangy Park." The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio), July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/
- ↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
- ↑ Photographs, The Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
- ↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." The Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
- ↑ Thompson, La Marcus A. 1901. "Canal boat operating mechanism." U.S. Patent No. 665,765. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PDF