A Steam Operated Ride
Posted By thecircusblog on September 29, 2008
I really don’t know how I got this photo. It was among all the other old pictures. On the back it says 19o5. Blackfoot, Idaho. Note the platforms sleighs, and what looks like Merry-Go-Round horses in front of them. This amusement ride had a steam operated cable or belt that ran off a large fly wheel. It can be seen in the foreground of photo.
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By the look of the jumpers in front of the sleigh I would say it was an Armitage-Herschell, made in North Tonawanda, New York. This was the same Allan Herschell that would become one of the biggest manufacturers of amusement rides in the country before being sold to Chance Manufacturing (now Chance Morgan).