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  2. Pleasure Beach - Wikipedia

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    Pleasure Beach is the Bridgeport portion of a Connecticut barrier beach that extends 2.5 miles (4 km) westerly from Point No Point (the portion in the adjoining town of Stratford is known as Long Beach). Prior to June, 2014, when Pleasure Beach re-opened, the area was Connecticut's largest and most recent ghost town [1] after it was abandoned ...

  3. Geography of Bridgeport, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Pleasure Beach (formerly known as Steeplechase Island), is a 71-acre (sometimes) island located in Long Island Sound, to the south of city's East End, and is connected by the Long Beach sandspit to Stratford, Connecticut. Great Marsh Island is a 14-acre island located near the mouth of Ash Creek in the Black Rock neighborhood.

  4. List of defunct amusement parks in the United States

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    Park Island Lake Orion: 1915–1955 [35] Pleasure Island Water Theme Park: Muskegon: 1981–1997 Ramona Park: Grand Rapids: 1897–1955 Riverland Amusement Park Sterling Heights: 1935–2003 It was a private park. [36] Silver Beach Amusement Park: St. Joseph: 1891–1971 Six Flags AutoWorld: Flint: 1984–1994 [37] Tashmoo Park: Algonac: 1897 ...

  5. Bridgeport, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    WICC's transmitter is on Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport on a peninsula extending into Long Island Sound. WEBE-FM 107.9; 50,000 watts. WEBE108 is Connecticut's Best Music Variety! The station is owned by Connoisseur Media. Licensed to Westport, CT with studios in Milford and WEBE's transmitter is located in Shelton.

  6. Pleasure Beach Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Pleasure Beach Bridge is a movable Warren through-truss bridge in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Completed in 1927, it functioned as a toll bridge until the Great Depression, when it was transferred to the city of Bridgeport. Its service life came to an end after it was badly damaged by fire in 1996, cutting off access to Pleasure Beach. In the ...

  7. List of beaches in New England - Wikipedia

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    Connecticut's southern shore with 618 miles (995 km) of tidal coastline offers many beaches on the Long Island Sound and inland: [1] [2] Bridgeport Pleasure Beach

  8. How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island ...

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    For around two decades, the sands and marshes of Long Island’s Gilgo Beach kept a dark secret.. A killer or killers roamed the locality, luring in escorts and sex workers and brutally murdering ...

  9. Category:Landforms of Fairfield County, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Long Island (Connecticut) Lordship, Connecticut; ... Penfield Reef; Pleasure Beach; Pope's Flat; S. Sherwood Island State Park; Shippan Point; South End of Stamford;