Amusement park
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[[File:Vauxhall Gardens by Samuel Wale c1751.jpg|thumb|[[Vauxhall Gardens]] in [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]], United Kingdom, founded in 1661, one of the first [[pleasure garden]]s]] |
[[File:Vauxhall Gardens by Samuel Wale c1751.jpg|thumb|[[Vauxhall Gardens]] in [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]], United Kingdom, founded in 1661, one of the first [[pleasure garden]]s]] |
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The amusement park evolved from traditions in the European [[Middle Ages]]. An amusement park is a contemporary arrangement, designed to combine components of a fair, carnival, and theme park. An early example of an amusement park is the [[Bartholomew Fair]].{{Cite book| author=Salvator Anton Clave| title=The Global Theme Park Industry| year=2007| publisher=CABI| isbn=9781845932084| page=4}} By the 18th and 19th |
The amusement park evolved from traditions in the European [[Middle Ages]]. An amusement park is a contemporary arrangement, designed to combine components of a fair, carnival, and theme park. An early example of an amusement park is the [[Bartholomew Fair]].{{Cite book| author=Salvator Anton Clave| title=The Global Theme Park Industry| year=2007| publisher=CABI| isbn=9781845932084| page=4}} By the 18th and 19th centuries, they had evolved into places of entertainment for the masses, where the public could view [[freak show]]s, [[acrobatics]], [[Magic (illusion)|conjuring]], and [[juggling]], take part in competitions and walk through [[menagerie]]s. |
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A wave of innovation in the 1860s and 1870s created mechanical rides, such as the steam-powered [[carousel]] (built by Thomas Bradshaw, at the [[Aylsham|Aylsham Fair]]), and its derivatives, notably from Frederick Savage of [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk whose fairground machinery was exported all over the world; his "galloping horses" innovation is seen in carousels today.{{cite web |url=https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/-/media/museums/downloads/learning/kings-lynn/a-history-of-savages.pdf?la=en |title=Frederick Savage, Victorian fairground manufacturer of King's Lynn |website=Norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032745/https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/-/media/museums/downloads/learning/kings-lynn/a-history-of-savages.pdf?la=en |archive-date=26 February 2018 |url-status=live }} This inaugurated the era of the modern funfair ride, as the working classes were increasingly able to spend their surplus wages on entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/rides/history.html |title=Fairground Rides - A Chronological Development |publisher=University of Sheffield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811021142/https://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/rides/history.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 }} |
A wave of innovation in the 1860s and 1870s created mechanical rides, such as the steam-powered [[carousel]] (built by Thomas Bradshaw, at the [[Aylsham|Aylsham Fair]]), and its derivatives, notably from Frederick Savage of [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk whose fairground machinery was exported all over the world; his "galloping horses" innovation is seen in carousels today.{{cite web |url=https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/-/media/museums/downloads/learning/kings-lynn/a-history-of-savages.pdf?la=en |title=Frederick Savage, Victorian fairground manufacturer of King's Lynn |website=Norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032745/https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/-/media/museums/downloads/learning/kings-lynn/a-history-of-savages.pdf?la=en |archive-date=26 February 2018 |url-status=live }} This inaugurated the era of the modern funfair ride, as the working classes were increasingly able to spend their surplus wages on entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/rides/history.html |title=Fairground Rides - A Chronological Development |publisher=University of Sheffield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811021142/https://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/rides/history.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 }} |
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Many modern amusement parks evolved from earlier pleasure [[resort]]s that had become popular with the public for day-trips or weekend holidays, for example, seaside areas such as [[Blackpool]], United Kingdom and [[Coney Island]], United States.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/playfulcrowdplea0000cros|url-access=registration|title=The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places In The Twentieth Century|author1=Cross, Gary Scott |author2=Walton, John K. |year=2005|publisher=Columbia University Press|access-date=7 February 2013}} In the United States, some amusement parks grew from picnic groves established along rivers and lakes that provided |
Many modern amusement parks evolved from earlier pleasure [[resort]]s that had become popular with the public for day-trips or weekend holidays, for example, seaside areas such as [[Blackpool]], United Kingdom and [[Coney Island]], United States.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/playfulcrowdplea0000cros|url-access=registration|title=The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places In The Twentieth Century|author1=Cross, Gary Scott |author2=Walton, John K. |year=2005|publisher=Columbia University Press|access-date=7 February 2013}} In the United States, some amusement parks grew from picnic groves established along rivers and lakes that provided bathing and water sports, such as [[Lake Compounce]] in Connecticut, first established as a picturesque picnic park in 1846, and [[Six Flags New England|Riverside Park]] in Massachusetts, founded in the 1870s along the [[Connecticut River]].{{cite book | last =Samuelson | first =Dale | author2 =Wendy Yegoiants | title =The American Amusement Park | publisher =MBI Publishing Company | year =2001 | location =St. Paul, MN | isbn =0-7603-0981-7 | url =https://archive.org/details/americanamusemen00ajps }} |
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The trick was getting the public to the seaside or resort location. For [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on the [[Atlantic Ocean]], a [[horsecar|horse-drawn streetcar]] line brought pleasure seekers to the beach beginning in 1829. In 1875, a million passengers rode the Coney Island Railroad, and in 1876 two million visited Coney Island. Hotels and amusements were built to accommodate both the upper classes and the working class at the beach. Its first amusement ride, a [[carousel]], was installed in 1876; the first [[roller coaster]], the "[[Switchback Railway]]", in 1884. |
The trick was getting the public to the seaside or resort location. For [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on the [[Atlantic Ocean]], a [[horsecar|horse-drawn streetcar]] line brought pleasure seekers to the beach beginning in 1829. In 1875, a million passengers rode the Coney Island Railroad, and in 1876 two million visited Coney Island. Hotels and amusements were built to accommodate both the upper classes and the working class at the beach. Its first amusement ride, a [[carousel]], was installed in 1876; the first [[roller coaster]], the "[[Switchback Railway]]", in 1884. |
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