When did the first fairground rides open?

damomma1998

New Year's Day in 1861- a merry-go-round driven by a steam engine was opened at the Pot Market in Bolton UK. :) Jun 09 05, 8:45 PM

lanfranco

The first Ferris Wheel was constructed for the 1893 World's Fair, also known as the Columbian Exposition, in Chicago. The wheel and other attractions were built on a site known as "The Midway Plaisance," adjacent to Lake Michigan. The term has been used for the rides and entertainment portion of fairs and carnivals ever since. http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#MIDWAY Jun 09 05, 9:41 PM

gmackematix

What inspired me to ask this was something billed as "The Largest Wildest Steepest Toboggan Slide Ever Erected on Earth" at Shipley Glen near Bradford, England. It closed in 1900 after the winch cable snapped and several tobogganers hurtled to their deaths. Jun 10 05, 12:46 AM

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