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  2. Riverview Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    October 3, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-10-03) Slogan. "Laugh Your Troubles Away!" "Chicago's famous Amusement Park". [1] Riverview Park was an amusement park in Chicago, Illinois, which operated from 1904 to 1967. It was located on 74 acres (30 hectares) bound on the south by Belmont Avenue, on the east by Western Avenue, on the north by Lane Tech ...

  3. The Bobs (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    The Bobs was a wooden roller coaster located at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1924 and was demolished with the rest of the park in 1967. The Bobs was built by Prior and Church and designed by Fred Church. According to professional review of the blueprints the Bobs had a maximum height of 64.75 feet (19.74 m), a drop of 59 ...

  4. White City (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    White City (Chicago) White City (sometimes listed as White City Amusement Park in print advertisements) was a recreational area located in the Greater Grand Crossing and Woodlawn community areas on the south side of Chicago from 1905 until the 1950s. [1] At the time of its opening, on May 26, 1905, it was claimed to be the largest park of its ...

  5. Flying Turns (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    Flying Turns roller coaster at Riverview Park, Chicago, 1968. Flying Turns is the name of a specific model of bobsled roller coaster.John Norman Bartlett, a British aviator in World War I, came to North America after the war with an idea for a trackless wooden chute, full of twists like a bobsled course, with toboggan-like cars, based on a bobsled ride that operated in Europe.

  6. Flying Cars - Wikipedia

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    Flying Cars. The Flying Cars was an attraction at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois, that was introduced in 1954. [1] The attraction consisted of a barrel with a track inside for cars to ride freewheeling. The cars were held onto the drum by a rail and floating clamp system. As the drum would spin, the single person cars would follow the ...

  7. List of defunct amusement parks in the United States

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    The park was named DandiLion Park from 1968–1977. [98] Rainbow Falls Family Amusement Park Plover: 1988–2004 Ravenna Park Shorewood: 1872–1916 Riverview Park & Waterworld Wisconsin Dells: 1968–2011 Storybook Gardens Wisconsin Dells: 1956–2011 [99] Thumb Fun Amusement Park Fish Creek: 1961–1998 [100] Waukesha Beach Pewaukee: 1893–1949

  8. 312 RiverRun - Wikipedia

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    312 RiverRun. 312 RiverRun is a Chicago public hiking area along the Chicago River. [1] The development is a further move toward Chicago's goal of having a continuous pedestrian path along the entire riverfront. [2] It connects three parks with one two-mile-long bike and pedestrian path. [3] The park project receives funding from organizations ...

  9. Two Ton Baker - Wikipedia

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    Years active. 1938–1973. Website. twotonbaker.com. Richard Evans " Two Ton " Baker (May 2, 1916 – May 4, 1975) was an American singer and entertainer who was a prominent Chicago radio and television personality for three decades; the 1940s to the 1960s. He gained some national exposure in the United States through his recordings for Mercury ...