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Carousel: Merry-Go-Round: A carousel is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. 1925
A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle. A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), [1] merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout (British English) [2] is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
A merry-go-round at a park in New Jersey. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.
Each horse on the carousel has a name; a partial list is available at City Hall on Main Street, U.S.A. [6] Jingles is the lead horse, and Walt's favorite, named for her very ornate carvings which include straps of jingle bells hanging from her breast collar, decorative quarter sheet behind the saddle, and fastened on the cantle.
The carousel has 30 "jumpers," 18 "standers," two chariots, and a Gebrüder Bruder Band Organ that provides the carousel’s music. Jane's Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 6, 1975, the first carousel to receive such designation. [2] [3] The merry-go-round was delisted from the NRHP on October 29 ...
The current carousel is one of the largest merry-go-rounds in the United States. [2] It has 57 hand-carved horses — 52 jumpers and 5 standers — and two chariots. [ 3 ] The carousel is open seven days a week when weather permits and serves around 250,000 riders every year. [ 2 ]
The carousel was indoors but faced Surf Avenue. The “Flying Horses” catalogue issued in 1970 by Rol and Jo Summit noted that some of the horses on Feltman's carousel were left over from an earlier Looff carousel that caught fire, probably around 1899 or 1900. [4] Feltman's carousel is regarded by some as Marcus Illions' masterpiece. [5]
When the carousel rotates, centrifugal force drives the horses outward, giving rise to the name "flying horses." The horses in the Oak Bluffs carousel are fixed to columns between spreader panels above and a platform below. [3] A child rides the carousel. The carousel is located in a wood-frame pavilion at the end of Bay Street in Watch Hill.