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Chutes Park
Chutes Park was an amusement park in Los Angeles, California which began as a trolley park in 1886. It was developed into a 35-acre (140,000 m2) amusement park bounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Main Street on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and 21st Street on the south. At various times it included rides, animal exhibits, a theater and a baseball park. In 1910 the park was sold to new owners (including Frederick Ingersoll) and reopened as Luna Park. The amusement park closed in 1914.
The name Chutes Park was also applied to the baseball park which opened around 1900 and was the original home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
David V. Waldron bought about 35 acres (140,000 m2) at Washington and Main and began to develop the property in 1887. It had previously been the site of a hotel. He also made a business arrangement to establish a horse-drawn rail line to connect to the city streetcar lines because the location was outside of the Los Angeles city limits. He began weekly variety shows in a small pavilion, brought in animals for display, and planted an orange grove.
Unfortunately, the park was allowed to decline and by the late 1890s was seldom used. In 1899, however, the property was sold to new owners which created the Los Angeles County Improvement Co. They built a new theater, baseball park and brought in new rides.
During its heyday from 1887 to 1914, the park featured such rides as a roller coaster, a chutes water slide that dropped riders in boats from a 75-foot (23 m) tower into a manmade lake, and a miniature railroad. State-of-the-art features included the park's electrically powered merry-go-round, and an electric engine that pulled the boats back up from the lake to the tower.
In October 1903, the operators added a steel-framed figure-eight roller coaster.
The site also included, at various times, such exotic diversions as a seal pond, ostriches, House of Trouble, and Cave of the Winds. By 1901, it also had a 4,000-seat theater and a baseball park that seated 10,000.
The Los Angeles County Improvement Co. added a fishing pond, a small circus, hot-air balloon rides, the Catalina Marine Band, and a small railroad that followed the outer perimeter of the park.
Chutes Park
Chutes Park was an amusement park in Los Angeles, California which began as a trolley park in 1886. It was developed into a 35-acre (140,000 m2) amusement park bounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Main Street on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and 21st Street on the south. At various times it included rides, animal exhibits, a theater and a baseball park. In 1910 the park was sold to new owners (including Frederick Ingersoll) and reopened as Luna Park. The amusement park closed in 1914.
The name Chutes Park was also applied to the baseball park which opened around 1900 and was the original home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
David V. Waldron bought about 35 acres (140,000 m2) at Washington and Main and began to develop the property in 1887. It had previously been the site of a hotel. He also made a business arrangement to establish a horse-drawn rail line to connect to the city streetcar lines because the location was outside of the Los Angeles city limits. He began weekly variety shows in a small pavilion, brought in animals for display, and planted an orange grove.
Unfortunately, the park was allowed to decline and by the late 1890s was seldom used. In 1899, however, the property was sold to new owners which created the Los Angeles County Improvement Co. They built a new theater, baseball park and brought in new rides.
During its heyday from 1887 to 1914, the park featured such rides as a roller coaster, a chutes water slide that dropped riders in boats from a 75-foot (23 m) tower into a manmade lake, and a miniature railroad. State-of-the-art features included the park's electrically powered merry-go-round, and an electric engine that pulled the boats back up from the lake to the tower.
In October 1903, the operators added a steel-framed figure-eight roller coaster.
The site also included, at various times, such exotic diversions as a seal pond, ostriches, House of Trouble, and Cave of the Winds. By 1901, it also had a 4,000-seat theater and a baseball park that seated 10,000.
The Los Angeles County Improvement Co. added a fishing pond, a small circus, hot-air balloon rides, the Catalina Marine Band, and a small railroad that followed the outer perimeter of the park.
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