Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Carousel
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Notable extant carousels built 1940–present=== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope=col class="text" | Name ! scope=col class="text" | Location ! scope=col class="text" | Country ! scope=col class="unsortable" | Image ! scope=col class="text" | Builder ! scope=col class="date" | Year ! scope=col class="text" | Working band organ ! scope=col class="text" | Brass ring dispenser ! scope=col class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope=col class="unsortable" | References |- ! [[Columbia Carousel|Carousel Columbia]] | [[California's Great America]], [[Santa Clara, California]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:California's Great America 2.JPG|150px]] | [[Chance Rides|Chance Manufacturing]] | {{dts|1976}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |Double-decker carousel. Tallest carousel in the world at {{Convert|101|ft|m}}. The nearly identical Columbia Carousel in [[Six Flags Great America]] in [[Gurnee, Illinois]], is {{Convert|1|ft|cm}} shorter. | <ref name="RollerCoaster!Magazine">{{cite journal|year=2011|title=35 Years at the Great America Parks|journal=RollerCoaster! Magazine|volume=32|issue=4|page=6|issn=0896-7261|last=Moschke|first=Will}}</ref><ref name="GreatAmericanThrills">{{Cite web |title=worlds tallest carousel |url=https://greatamericanthrills.net/tag/worlds-tallest-carousel/ |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=Great American Thrills |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CGA-CC">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Carousel Columbia |url=https://www.cagreatamerica.com/play/rides/carousel-columbia |accessdate=25 July 2017 |publisher=California's Great America}}</ref> |- ! Richland Carrousel Park | [[Mansfield, Ohio]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:The Richland Carrousel Park II.jpg|150px]] | Carousel Works | {{dts|1991}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |First new hand-carved wooden carousel built and operating in the United States since the 1930s | <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Richland Carrousel Park|url=https://destinationmansfield.com/venue/richland-carrousel-park-2/|work=Destination Mansfield - Richland County|access-date=April 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113140500/https://destinationmansfield.com/venue/richland-carrousel-park-2/|archive-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Our Story|url=https://richlandcarrousel.com/our-story/|work=Richland Carrousel Park|access-date=April 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130161830/https://richlandcarrousel.com/our-story/|archive-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> |- ! Pferdekarussell | [[Phantasialand]], [[Brühl (Rhineland)|Brühl]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] | {{Flag icon|DEU}} Germany | [[File:Phantasialand Brühl14.jpg|150px]] | [[Preston & Barbieri]] | {{dts|1998}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |Largest double-decker carousel in Europe | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Javier|first=Bella|date=November 11, 2023|title=These Phantasialand Attractions Are Perfect for the Faint-of-Heart|url=https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/49622/20231110/phantasialand-attractions-perfect-faint-heart.htm|work=Travelers Today|access-date=April 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108041718/https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/49622/20231110/phantasialand-attractions-perfect-faint-heart.htm|archive-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pferdekarussell|url=https://www.freizeitpark-welt.de/freizeitparks/phantasialand/attraktionen/pferdekarussell-r74|work=Freizeitpark-Welt.de|language=German|access-date=April 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812163458/https://www.freizeitpark-welt.de/freizeitparks/phantasialand/attraktionen/pferdekarussell-r74|archive-date=August 12, 2024}}</ref> |- ! [[Le Manège d'Andrea]] | [[Nantes]], [[Pays de la Loire]] | {{Flag icon|FRA}} France | [[File:Manège d'Andréa cheval.JPG|150px]] | [[La Machine (production company)|La Machine]] | {{dts|1999}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |Riders can control some of the movements of the carousel figures. | <ref name="AtlasObscura">{{Cite web|last=Meier|first=Allison|date=August 19, 2014|title=The World’s Most Dreamlike Carousels|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-world-s-most-dreamlike-carousels|work=[[Atlas Obscura]]|access-date=April 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014174711/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-world-s-most-dreamlike-carousels|archive-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> |- ! Pride of Canada Carousel | [[Markham, Ontario]] | {{Flag icon|CAN}} Canada | [[File:Downtown markham.jpg|150px]] | Brass Ring Carousel Company/Patrick Amiot | {{dts|2016}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |Made entirely from scrap metal | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/07/01/markham-to-open-10m-scrap-metal-carousel-on-canada-day.html|title=Markham to open $10M scrap-metal carousel on Canada Day {{!}} Toronto Star|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=July 2016|access-date=15 August 2016|last=Clarke|first=Katrina}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.downtownmarkham.ca/community/carousel|title=Pride of Canada Carousel – Carousel {{!}} Downtown Markham|website=www.downtownmarkham.ca|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/07/pride-canada-carousel-spins-downtown-markham|title=Pride of Canada Carousel Spins Up in Downtown Markham {{!}} Urban Toronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> |}
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)