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===Beginnings=== Arrow Dynamics' forerunner, [[Arrow Development]], was founded in 1946 when Ed Morgan, Karl Bacon, Bill Hardiman, and Angus "Andy" Anderson, started a machine shop in [[Mountain View, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Nick|title=Arrow Development- A forgotten piece of Mountain View's past|url=http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2002/2002_07_26.history726.html|access-date=January 9, 2014|newspaper=Mountain View Voice|date=July 26, 2002}}</ref> They started out selling used machine tools, building truck parts, and repairing cars until about 1950 when they built their first [[carousel|merry-go-rounds]] for San Jose's Alum Rock Park.<ref name="Pioneers share Living Legend Award"/> In 1953, they contacted [[Walt Disney]], who was just beginning to plan a new type of amusement park in California.<ref name=Gurr/> Disney hired the company to help design and build the vehicles for [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]. They would eventually design and build the ride systems for many of [[Disneyland]]'s original and early rides, including [[Mad Tea Party]], [[King Arthur Carrousel]], [[Casey Jr. Circus Train]], and [[Snow White's Scary Adventures]].<ref name="Pioneers share Living Legend Award"/> Disney continued to use Arrow as Disneyland expanded. Arrow designed and built [[Dumbo the Flying Elephant (ride)|Dumbo the Flying Elephant]], [[Autopia]], and [[Alice in Wonderland (Disneyland attraction)|Alice in Wonderland]] in coming years as well as upgrading and renovating the [[King Arthur Carrousel]].<ref name=Gurr />
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