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DelGrosso's Park is a family-oriented amusement park located in Tipton, Pennsylvania, a northern suburb of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park was purchased by the DelGrosso family in 1946 and was named "Bland's Park" until 2000. In 2000, the DelGrosso family decided to change its name to "DelGrosso's Amusement Park."
Lakemont Park is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was closed from 2017 to 2018, but re-opened in summer 2019. [1]
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On July 24, 1949, a 40-year-old man was killed after falling 20 feet (6.1 m) from the ride. Park officials stated that the safety restraints were not properly secured. [66] On October 29, 2013, two women were injured after riding the roller coaster. Reports have said that they may have hit their faces on the lap bar during their ride. [67]
Built by Harry G. Traver of Beaver Falls, PA, the ride's cars rode on an undulating track. Caterpillar #2 1969–1982 Traver Engineering: Caterpillar Built by Harry G. Traver of Beaver Falls, PA, the ride's cars rode on an undulating track. The ride was taken to Idlewild Park after its removal and used as a parts donor for their 1947 model ...
The park has been recognized by trade magazine Amusement Today with the "Golden Ticket" award for best children's park in the world every year since 2010, through to 2018. [47] [48] The park previously received Golden Tickets for the fifth-best children's area in 2006 and 2007 and second-best children's park for the sixth consecutive year in ...
James A. Delgrosso (June 30, 1943 – October 8, 2009) was an American politician. He served as a longtime city councilman from 1982 until 2003, as well as the interim Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , for 10 months from 2003 until 2004.
The park is approximately 80,000 square feet (7,400 m 2). It features nine water slides, two hot tubs, one large activity pool, a five-story activity tree house play structure, a toddler play pool, a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2 ) wave pool , a FlowRider , and a 6,500-square-foot (600 m 2 ) arcade.