User:Hmich176/Hersheypark/List of rides purchased used

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This is a list of rides Hersheypark purchased used, rather than being brand new.

# Ride Season Manufacturer Status Ref(s)
Opened Closed
1
 Carrousel (1908)
1908
1912
Herschell-Spillman Company
From Herschell-Spillman Company
[1][2]
2
 The Bug
1933
1981
Traver Engineering Company
From Century of Progress
[3]
3
 Aerial Joy Ride
1941
1961
Spillman Engineering Corporation
From 1939 New York World's Fair
[4]
4
 Carrousel (1945)
1945
 Operating
Philadelphia Toboggan Company
From Philadelphia Toboggan Company
[5][6]
5
 Starship America
1962
 Operating
Kasper Klaus
From Pontchartrain Beach
[7]
6
 Little Red Caboose
1970
1970
Reading Railroad
From Reading Railroad
[8]
7
 Mini-Comet
1974
1978
B.A. Schiff & Associates
 Unknown
[9][10][11][12][13]
8
 Livery Stables
1979
 Operating
W.F. Mangles Company
From Steeplechase Park
[14]
9
 Pony Parade
1979
 Operating
W.F. Mangles Company
From Steeplechase Park
[14]
10
 Little Wheel
1983
1983
Eli Bridge Company
Rented from Majestic Midways
[15]

Miniature Train[edit]

Miniature Train is unique in that the park originally bought the ride new from Miniature Train Company in 1955. The park then sold the kiddie ride to a private individual who then sold it to a person who worked for the park's maintenance team. That person rented Miniature Train to the park for Hersheypark Christmas Candylane from 1983-1996. The park purchased the ride once again and installed it in Midway America in 1997. Miniature Train was placed into storage in September 2013.

Ride Season Manufacturer Status Ref(s)
Opened Closed
Miniature Train
1983
1996
Miniature Train Corporation
Rented from Jeff Waltermyer
[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hershey Park". Hershey Press. July 1, 1910.
  2. ^ "15,000 New Carrousel Equipment For Hershey Park". Hershey Press. July 4, 1912.
  3. ^ Silver Anniversary Twenty-Fifth Annual Picnic Harrisburg Retail Grocers Hershey Park, Harrisburg Retail Grocers, 1932
  4. ^ "Hershey Park Opens Season This Sunday". Lebanon Daily News. May 16, 1941.
  5. ^ "Hershey Park Opens Sunday". Harrisburg Telegraph. May 14, 1945. p. 14. Following the practice of having something new every year, the Park has disposed of the carrousel, which has brought untold pleasure to thousands of children, and purchased one of the finest merry-go-rounds that has ever been built in this country.
  6. ^ "Hershey Park Opens Sunday". Gettysburg Times. May 15, 1945. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Advertisement". The Patriot-News. May 4, 1962. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Retired Caboose Added to Hershey Park Kiddieland". Lebanon Daily News. April 10, 1970.
  9. ^ Marden, Duane. "Mini-Comet  (Hersheypark)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  10. ^ Hersheypark '74 A Happy Experience!. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. 1974.
  11. ^ 1978 Hersheypark Ride Operations Manual. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. 1978.
  12. ^ 1979 Hersheypark Ride Operations Manual. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. 1979.
  13. ^ Welcome to Hersheypark - Guest Information, Facilities, Entertainment Schedule. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. 1979.
  14. ^ a b "Hersheypark Lists New Attractions". Reading Eagle. April 15, 1979.
  15. ^ Little Wheel image, Hershey Derry Township Historical Society
  16. ^ "Hershey Opens Sunday". The Gettysburg Times. April 21, 1961. p. 3. "The kiddies' miniature train, installed in Kiddieland 1952, is a gasoline-drive amusement.
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