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Gillian's Wonderland Pier was a historic amusement park in Ocean City, New Jersey. It was founded in 1929 by Roy Gillian, son of David Gillian who first came to Ocean City in 1914. [ 2 ] It was located near the beginning of the commercial boardwalk on 6th street.
Hunt's Pier dates back to the early 1900s when it was known as Ocean Pier, the first major pier on the boardwalk. Home to ballroom dancing and musical acts, Ocean Pier was purchased by William Hunt in 1935 and converted to an amusement park with rides, including a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, and a dark ride. [1]
Ocean City, New Jersey. ... New Hampshire. This amusement park, originally founded as a trolley park in 1902, is nestled on the shores of Canobie Lake. ... Today, the boardwalk pier offers 1,000 ...
Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk looking north at 12th Street. Ocean City, a notable dry town, first built its wooden boardwalk in 1880 from the Second Street wharf to Fourth Street and West Avenue. In 1885, plans were made to extend the boardwalk the entire length of the beach after the first amusement pavilion opened on 11th Street into the 2 ...
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — For generations of vacationers heading to Ocean City, the towering “Giant Wheel” was the first thing they saw from miles away. The sight of the 140-foot-tall (42 ...
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Hunt's Pier went defunct in 1990 and became Conko's Party Pier in 1991, Ocean Pier in 1993–1994, and was leased by the Catanosos in 1995 and called Atlantic Pier with kiddie rides on the front and the rest of the pier closed off with a white wall, and 1996–1998 Dinosaur Beach with the Golden Nugget Mine Rescue, Long Neck River Log Flume ...
Gillian served as an Ocean City commissioner from 1963-1967, Cape May County Freeholder from 1971-1976, Commissioner of Cape May County Municipal Utilities from 1982-1986 and, of course, Mayor of ...