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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.
Miracle was the first playground manufacturer to use powder coating of steel parts in the late 1960s. After World War II, thefirm widened their market to include the increasingly popular drive-in movie theaters, selling two smaller versions of carousels that were commonly found at fairs and amusement parks. The first year they sold over 200 ...
Lumpy is spinning a playground merry-go-round as Cuddles, Toothy and Giggles ride it. They tell Lumpy to spin them faster, and Lumpy does so. Suddenly, Toothy flies off and crashes into a tree, breaking his back. The pole Giggles is holding onto breaks off, and she flies right into a tree stump, slicing her body in half as the pole impales her ...
In the 1900s, Palace Playland's startup decade, the then-small amusement park centered on a roller skating rink and adjacent merry-go-round. Simple summer refreshments were served, such as lemonade and salt water taffy. In the 1950s, Palace Playland was operated by future banker and philanthropist Bernard Osher, a Maine native.
It is a type of a playground merry-go-round manufactured by the Louden Machinery Company. It was built about 1930 on the grounds of the Fairfield Country Club. The octagon-shaped apparatus is composed of steel pipe, malleable iron couplings, and wood. It is located south of the swimming pool behind the clubhouse.
Dr. Nick Laslowicz (Leslie Barany) speaks toward the discovery of how playground merry-go-rounds increase creative activity in children and discusses the investigation of centrifugal force on human development to expand the human mind. He explains how his company, the Institute for Centrifugal Research (ICR), officially doubts the generally ...
Seeing how it is unsafe, Rubble & Crew due a safety check where Motor plays on the merry-go-round and she wrecks the playground until Rubble and his cousins save her. After a disastrous opening, Rubble & Crew salvage the playground parts and make it the most awesome playground ever as Speed Meister plans to sabotage it.
The PlayPump water system is a playground merry-go-round attached to a water pump. The spinning motion pumps underground water into a 2,500-liter tank raised seven meters above ground. The water in the tank is easily dispensed by a tap valve. According to the manufacturer the pump can raise up to 1400 liters of water per hour from a depth of 40 ...