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== Rides ==
== Rides ==
* [[Ye Olde Mill (1)]]
* [[Ye Olde Mill (1)]]
== Related Patents ==
* Canal boat operating mechanism. (January 8, 1901) U.S. Patent No. 665,765 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-8Cl9_vCrlSXXzG5SNHKQtMgqYJPP7x/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Thompson, La Marcus A. 1901. "Canal boat operating mechanism." U.S. Patent No. 665,765. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-8Cl9_vCrlSXXzG5SNHKQtMgqYJPP7x/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>


   
   

Revision as of 02:23, 23 May 2025

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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]

Rides

  • Canal boat operating mechanism. (January 8, 1901) U.S. Patent No. 665,765 PDF[8]


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sue Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 10, 1905. Page 1.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "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
  4. ↑ "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/
  5. ↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
  6. ↑ Photographs, The Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
  7. ↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." The Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
  8. ↑ 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