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Carousel (#3) - Ride Facts

Built: 1927
Location: Current Building
Builder: William Dentzel
Cost = $25,000

Ride built for 1926 Philadelphia Sesquentenial, but not completed in time.
4 Rows, 72 animals (20 stationary, 50 jumpers, 1 lion, 1 tiger; 4 chariots as well)
Tony Sacramento: at Carousel from 1946-1998
Has a 1918 Wulitzer Band Organ

Thrill Level  1 

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