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White City was an amusement park located at Lake Whatcom's Silver Beach in Bellingham, Washington. [1] White City opened in 1906 and closed in 1919. [1] The park had a wooden roller coaster, plus a hotel, dance hall and an ice cream parlor. White City was named because of its "white" electric lights.
White City of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893). The enormously successful 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago attracted 26 million visitors and featured a section that is now commonly considered the first amusement park: a midway (the mile-long Midway Plaisance), the world's first Ferris wheel (constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.), a forerunner of the modern roller ...
White City (Indianapolis), an amusement in Indiana, 1906–1908; White City (New Orleans), an amusement park in Louisiana, 1907–1913; White City (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts), an amusement park, 1905–1960; White City (Philadelphia), an amusement park in Pennsylvania, 1898–1912; White City (Bellingham), an amusement park in Washington, 1906 ...
White City was founded by local businessman Horace H. Bigelow. The park opened on June 18, 1905 [1] and was open for 55 seasons, closing for the last time on September 5, 1960. Its lifespan was atypical of American amusement parks of its day (most of which were short-lived, failing to survive past the onset of World War I ).
The White Hart is now privately owned, once again serving visitors to Harrogate as a hotel and conference centre. The building has undergone major refurbishments, and now includes its own restaurant area and tearoom, as well as an adjoining pub, The Fat Badger, which operates both as a hotel bar and as a pub catering to Harrogate locals.
Grove House is a former inn, school, house and orphanage on Skipton Road, Harrogate in North Yorkshire. Built in 1745–54 as World's End Inn, it was later greatly expanded as the home of the prominent inventor Samson Fox. It was the first house in Yorkshire to have lighting by water gas.
White City were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929 but only raced for the one season. The White City team were due to race in the 1930 Southern League, but they withdrew from the league before it started. [2] The stadium then ran once again using an Open Licence and held occasional one-off meetings between (1953–1958, 1961).
The old Town Hall in Swan Road. The council offices were commissioned to replace the old town hall in Swan Road which had been built in 1805. [1] [a] After finding that the old town hall was too cramped, civic leaders at Harrogate Borough Council decided to procure new council offices: the site they selected had been occupied by the old Victoria Baths which had been dismantled by the engineer ...