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1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. 0–9. ... Amusement parks opened in 1929 (3 P)
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Lakeside Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Salem, Virginia, neighboring Roanoke, at the intersection of U.S. Route 460 (East Main Street in Salem) and State Route 419 (Electric Road in Salem). The park was named after a very large (300 feet long, 125 feet wide) swimming pool which was opened on the site in 1920.
Amusement park visitors still enjoy thrilling roller coasters and flume rides, but nowadays, these attractions are often built around Hollywood movies and feature high-tech wizardry.
By the early 20th century, there were hundreds of amusement parks, many of them starting as trolley parks, in operation around the U.S. Every major city boasted one or more parks, often based on (or named after) Coney Island, Luna Park, or Dreamland. This began the era of the “golden age” of amusement parks that reigned until the late 1920s.
Playland (also known as Playland-at-the-Beach and Whitney's Playland, beginning in 1928 [1] – some say 1926 [2]) was a 10-acre (40,000-square-meter) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California, along Great Highway, bounded by Balboa and Fulton streets. [1]
Pontchartrain Beach included a beach with a large Art Deco style bathhouse and swimming pools, amusement rides (including a wooden roller coaster called the Zephyr), [1] and concession stands. The park featured live music concerts, including many local musicians and touring national acts such as Elvis Presley .
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