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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield], of New York, Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/ Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.]'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. Accessed through CourtListener.</ref> Schofield improved previous designs for "old mill" rides by replacing the propellers in the canal with a large paddle wheel similar to a water wheel of a mill that was operated by a motor concealed behind the scenery. This kept the water flowing steadily. He also added dark tunnels with weird scenery to startle riders.<ref>Mangels, William F. ''[https://archive.org/details/outdooramusement00mang/page/122/mode/2up The Outdoor Amusement Industry: From Earliest Times to the Present.]'' New York: Vantage Press. 1952. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield], of New York, Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/ Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.]'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. Accessed through CourtListener.</ref> Schofield improved previous designs for "old mill" rides by replacing the propellers in the canal with a large paddle wheel similar to a water wheel of a mill that was operated by a motor concealed behind the scenery. This kept the water flowing steadily. He also added dark tunnels with weird scenery to startle riders.<ref>Mangels, William F. ''[https://archive.org/details/outdooramusement00mang/page/122/mode/2up The Outdoor Amusement Industry: From Earliest Times to the Present.]'' New York: Vantage Press. 1952. Accessed through the Internet Archive<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The publication said the company's name was the Aquarium Company</ins>.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama Co. and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>Advertisement. ''[https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf The Billboard.'' Feb. 18, 1911. Page 25. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama Co. and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>Advertisement. ''[https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf The Billboard.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>'' Feb. 18, 1911. Page 25. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up "Fire at Columbus Park."] ''The Billboard.'' June 10, 1911. Vol. 23. Issue 23. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> and [[Midway Fire of 1911|July]], with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/ "Fire at Olentangy Park."] ''The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio).'' July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up "Fire at Columbus Park."] ''The Billboard.'' June 10, 1911. Vol. 23. Issue 23. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> and [[Midway Fire of 1911|July]], with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/ "Fire at Olentangy Park."] ''The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio).'' July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield], Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/ Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.]'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. Accessed through CourtListener.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, of New York</ins>, Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/ Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.]'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. Accessed through CourtListener<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ref> Schofield improved previous designs for "old mill" rides by replacing the propellers in the canal with a large paddle wheel similar to a water wheel of a mill that was operated by a motor concealed behind the scenery. This kept the water flowing steadily. He also added dark tunnels with weird scenery to startle riders.<ref>Mangels, William F. ''[https://archive.org/details/outdooramusement00mang/page/122/mode/2up The Outdoor Amusement Industry: From Earliest Times to the Present.]'' New York: Vantage Press. 1952. Accessed through the Internet Archive</ins>.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield], Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. CourtListener<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/</del>.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aquarama Co. built the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] at Olentangy Park in 1904.<ref name="sue">"Sue Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Sept. 10, 1905. Page 1.</ref> The company was formed in September 1900 and incorporated in November 1901 by George W. Scofield [or Schofield], Merle J. Wightman, and E. W. Thompson "for the purpose of operating pleasure railroads, merry-go-rounds, and other amusement devices." Edward C. Boyce held stock in the company in 1902.<ref>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8764001/aquarama-co-v-old-mill-co/ </ins>Aquarama Co. v. Old Mill Co.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>'' 124 F. 229. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1903. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Accessed through </ins>CourtListener.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company sued Olentangy Park president J. W. Dusenbury a year later for not paying the agreed-upon percentages derived from the operation of the ride.<ref name="sue" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company sued Olentangy Park president J. W. Dusenbury a year later for not paying the agreed-upon percentages derived from the operation of the ride.<ref name="sue" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama Co. and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Cite news |type = </del>Advertisement <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|pub = The Billboard |date = February 18, 1911 |page = 25 |accessedthrough = The Internet Archive |url = </del>https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama Co. and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>Advertisement<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. ''[</ins>https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Billboard.'' Feb. 18, 1911. Page 25. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. June 10, 1911</del>. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</del></ref> and [[Midway Fire of 1911|July]], with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio).'' July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.newspapers</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/</del></ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up </ins>"Fire at Columbus Park."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''The Billboard.'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">June 10, 1911. </ins>Vol. 23. Issue 23. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> and [[Midway Fire of 1911|July]], with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/ </ins>"Fire at Olentangy Park."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio).'' July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Midway Fire of 1911|</ins>July<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Company </del>and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>{{Cite news |type = Advertisement |pub = The Billboard |date = February 18, 1911 |page = 25 |accessedthrough = The Internet Archive |url = https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device Co. bought the patents of the Aquarama <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Co. </ins>and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>{{Cite news |type = Advertisement |pub = The Billboard |date = February 18, 1911 |page = 25 |accessedthrough = The Internet Archive |url = https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf }}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Company </del>bought the patents of the Aquarama Company and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>{{Cite news |type = Advertisement |pub = The Billboard |date = February 18, 1911 |page = 25 |accessedthrough = The Internet Archive |url = https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Around February 1911, the Riding Device <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Co. </ins>bought the patents of the Aquarama Company and threatened to sue any park operating an Old Mill ride without a new license.<ref>{{Cite news |type = Advertisement |pub = The Billboard |date = February 18, 1911 |page = 25 |accessedthrough = The Internet Archive |url = https://ia803200.us.archive.org/34/items/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7/sim_billboard_1911-02-18_23_7.pdf }}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Old Mill ride had two fires in 1911, in May<ref>"Fire at Columbus Park." ''The Billboard.'' Vol. 23. Issue 23. June 10, 1911. Page 20. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1911-06-10_23_23/page/20/mode/2up</ref> and July, with the July fire starting in the Old Mill and destroying the Midway.<ref>"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/</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>Photographs, ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref><ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 17, 1911. Page 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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