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==Carousels today== Thousands of hand-painted, wood-carved carousels (possibly as many as 10,000) were built during their golden age from the 1870s to the early 1930s; less than 200 complete units exist today.<ref name="SmithsonianMagazine"/><ref name="TimesHerald"/><ref name="LosAngelesTimes"/><ref name="NRHP–00000363">{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|date=July 25, 1999|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000363.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320002522/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000363.pdf|archive-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref>{{rp|10}} Mechanical band organs that provided music, and [[brass ring|brass ring dispensers]] that encouraged riders to sit on the outermost (often stationary) row, were common features for carousels during their golden age, but are now very rare.<ref name="SeattleTimes">{{Cite web|last=Morrow|first=Theresa|date=November 18, 1990|title=Merry Go Round — This Portland Family Treats These Frozen Horses Like an Endangered Species|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901118/1104831/merry-go-round----this-portland-family-treats-these-frozen-horses-like-an-endangered-species|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401011156/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901118/1104831/merry-go-round----this-portland-family-treats-these-frozen-horses-like-an-endangered-species|archive-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref> Carousels are manufactured and operated throughout the world today and are often used as symbols for all amusement rides, and the amusement industry as a whole, exemplified by the carousel horse logo used by the [[International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions]] (IAAPA) until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ralph|first=Owen|date=November 14, 2018|title=A New Board and a New Identity for IAAPA|url=https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/iaapa-new-board-logo/|work=Blooloop|access-date=April 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024205449/https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/iaapa-new-board-logo/|archive-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> Several notable extant carousels are recipients of the NCA's Historic Carousel Award.<ref name=NCA-list>{{cite web |url=http://carousels.org/USACensus/stdqueries/census-awards.html |title=Carousels with Awards and Special Features |publisher=National Carousel Association |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> ===Notable extant carousels built before 1870=== {|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 |- ! Hanau Carousel | Hanau-Wilhelmsbad State Park, [[Hanau]], [[Hesse]] | {{Flag icon|DEU}} Germany | [[File:Karussell Wilhelmsbad.jpg|150px]] | | {{dts|1780}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |The oldest standing and operational carousel in the world. It was built in 1780 in Hanau and has four chariots and twelve stationary horses. The horses and coaches date from 1896. In 1970, twelve of the 16 wooden horses were stolen. It was fully restored in 2016. | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Bass|first=Ruth|date=November 19, 2024|title=It's Worth Another Go 'Round to Figure Out How to Sustain Berkshire Carousel|url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/its-worth-another-go-round-to-figure-out-how-to-sustain-berkshire-carousel/article_9eabaf3c-a385-11ef-8b61-fb286d8c302b.html|work=[[The Berkshire Eagle]]|access-date=April 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120014741/https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/its-worth-another-go-round-to-figure-out-how-to-sustain-berkshire-carousel/article_9eabaf3c-a385-11ef-8b61-fb286d8c302b.html|archive-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Group honoured for saving world's oldest stationary carousel |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20101111/31093 |work=Thelocal.de |date=11 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hanau Carousel, Hanau-Wilhelmsbad State Park |url=https://carousels.org/psp/Hanau/ |website=Carousels.org |access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> |- ! Vermolen Boden-Karussel | [[Efteling]], [[Kaatsheuvel]], [[North Brabant]] | {{Flag icon|NLD}} Netherlands | [[File:Draaimolen Efteling.jpg|150px]] | | {{dts|1865}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |The oldest operational carousel in the world prior to the 2016 restoration of the Hanau Carousel in Germany (see above). The 'Vermolen Boden Carousel' in Efteling dates back to 1865. It was originally turned by horses. At present it is turned by an electric motor. Not to be confused with the [[Stoomcarrousel]] (built {{Circa|1895–1903}}), also located in Efteling. | <ref>{{cite web |title=Group honoured for saving world's oldest stationary carousel |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/76321-oldest-operating-carousel|work=guinnessworldrecords.com|date=2001}}</ref> |} ===Notable extant carousels built 1870–1939=== {|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 |- ! [[Flying Horse Carousel]] | [[Westerly, Rhode Island]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:RI retouch.JPG|150px]] | Charles W. F. Dare Company | {{Circa|1876}} | No | Yes | style="text-align:left" |Built in 1876 and listed as a [[National Historic Landmark]]. It is one of two Charles Dare carousels in existence. It is considered the oldest of its type "in which the horses are suspended from a center frame," as opposed to being mounted on a wooden platform, which causes the horses to "fly" as the carousel gains speed. | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1816&ResourceType=Building|title=National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)|date=27 February 1987|publisher=Tps.cr.nps.gov|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123172430/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1816&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=23 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! [[Darling Harbour Carousel]] | Tumbalong Park, [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] | {{Flag icon|AUS}} Australia | [[File:Darling Harbour (2177745416).jpg|150px]] | G. & J. Lines & Company | {{Circa|1885}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |A [[New South Wales]] Heritage listed attraction. It is an example of an old Edwardian Carousel which are very rare nowadays. It is operated by a classic steam engine which has been retained. The Carousel dates back to the 'Golden Age' of Carousels between the 1890s to the 1920s. First imported to Australia in 1894. | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/sydney-About_us-Heritage_role-Heritage_and_Conservation_Register.htm&objectid=165 |title=Darling Harbour Carousel and Band Organ |publisher=Property New South Wales |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> |- ! Letná Carousel | [[Letná Park]], [[Prague]] | {{Flag icon|CZE}} Czechia | [[File:Letensky kolotoc zvenku 2024.jpg|150px]] | Josef Nebeský | 1892 | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |One of the oldest preserved carousels in Europe. Has been renovated recently (2022). The carousel is still located in the original wooden pavilion and the interior is furnished in its almost original form from 1892. It features 21 horses covered with real horse skin and four cars. | <ref>{{cite news |title=V Praze stojí nejstarší dochovaný kolotoč v Evropě |url=https://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/ceskenej/v-praze-stoji-nejstarsi-dochovany-kolotoc-v-evrope |work=Radio Prague International |language=cs}}</ref> |- ! Karuselli | [[Linnanmäki]], [[Helsinki]], [[Uusimaa]] | {{Flag icon|FIN}} Finland | [[File:Karuselli Linnanmäki Helsinki.JPG|150px]] | Friedrich Heyn | {{dts|1896}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |Oldest amusement ride in Linnanmäki | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Junkkari|first=Liina|date=May 25, 2018|title=Linnanmäen Karuselli|url=https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/148687/Junkkari_Liina.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolia University of Applied Sciences]]|access-date=April 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707125631/https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/148687/Junkkari_Liina.pdf|archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> |- ! [[Forest Park Carousel]] | [[Queens]], New York, [[New York (state)|New York]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Forest Park Carousel July 2016.jpg|150px]] | D.C. Muller & Brother Company | {{dts|1903}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |One of only two surviving Muller brothers carousels, it was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2004. | <ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100518|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Forest Park Carousel|date=January 2004|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|access-date=16 January 2011|first=Kathleen|last=LaFrank|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321164832/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100518|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}} ''See also:'' {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100519|title=Accompanying 35 photos|access-date=18 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321152617/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100519|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> |- ! [[Lakeside Park Carousel]] | Lakeside Park, [[Port Dalhousie]], [[Ontario]] | {{Flag icon|CAN}} Canada | [[File:LakesideParkCarousel.jpg|Lakeside Park Carousel in 2019|150px]] | Kremer's Carousel Works | {{dts|1905}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |Brought to [[St. Catharines]] in 1921. It continues to provide amusement for young and old alike, at just 5 cents a ride. | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stcatharines.ca/en/experiencein/LakesideParkCarousel.asp|title=Lakeside Park Carousel – St. Catharines|publisher=Stcatharines.ca|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> |- ! [[Toshimaen#Carousel El Dorado|Carousel El Dorado]] | In storage<br />(2020–present)<br /><small>[[Toshimaen]], [[Tokyo]] (1971–2020)<br />[[Steeplechase Park]], New York (1911–1964)</small> | {{Flag icon|JPN}} Japan | [[File:El_Dorado_1.jpg|150px]] | {{illm|Hugo Haase (Carousel builder)|de|Hugo Haase (Karussellbauer)|lt=Hugo Haase}} | {{dts|1907}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |[[Mechanical Engineering Heritage (Japan)]] No. 38 | <ref>[http://www.toshimaen.co.jp/guide/kikaiisan.html 機械遺産カルーセルエルドラド] {{in lang|ja}} [[Toshimaen]]</ref> |- ! [[Europa-Park#Eden Palladium salon carousel|Eden Palladium]] | [[Europa-Park]] Confertainment Center, [[Rust, Baden-Württemberg]] | {{Flag icon|DEU}} Germany | [[File:Eden Palladium entrance.jpg|150px]] | Gustave Bayol | {{dts|1909}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |One of only four salon carousels that still exist |<ref name="Europa-ParkBlog">{{Cite web|last=Ganzer|first=Sébastien|date=10 April 2025|title=Le Joyau Secret d’Europa-Park : le Carrousel-Salon Eden Palladium|url=https://blog.europapark.de/fr/europa-park-fr/le-joyau-secret-deuropa-park-le-carrousel-salon-eden-palladium/|work=Europa-Park Blog|language=French|access-date=April 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416234809/https://blog.europapark.de/fr/europa-park-fr/le-joyau-secret-deuropa-park-le-carrousel-salon-eden-palladium/|archive-date=16 April 2025}}</ref> |- ! [[Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster|Santa Cruz Looff Carousel]] | [[Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk]], [[Santa Cruz, California]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Santa Cruz Looff Carousel 2.jpg|150px]] | Charles I. D. Looff | {{dts|1911}} | Yes | Yes | style="text-align:left" |One of the few carousels still in its original location for more than 100 years. It is a "pure carousel" meaning all of the horses were provided by the same company that built the carousel. It is also one of the few with the rare combination of a working ring dispenser and outside row jumping horses. The carousel features three band organs including a rare Ruth & Sohn 96-key organ with 342 pipes. The Looff carousel was designated a national historic landmark in 1987. | <ref>{{Citation|last=Seifert|first=Jeffrey|title=Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's Looff Carousel celebrates 100 years|date=November 2011|journal=Amusement Today|volume=15|issue=8.2|pages=1–7}}</ref> |- ! [[C. W. Parker Carousel No. 119]] | [[Burnaby Village Museum]], [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]] | {{Flag icon|CAN}} Canada | [[File:Galloping (7869027630).jpg|150px]] | C. W. Parker | {{dts|1912}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |Originally equipped with a steam engine. Sold to Burnaby Village Museum in 1989. | <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1912 CW Parker Carousel|url=http://burnaby.ca/cityhall/departments/departments_parks/prksrc_artsan/prksrc_fclts_brnbyv/bvmexhibits/bvmcarousel.html|publisher=City of Burnaby|access-date=April 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028014238/http://burnaby.ca/cityhall/departments/departments_parks/prksrc_artsan/prksrc_fclts_brnbyv/bvmexhibits/bvmcarousel.html|archive-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> |- ! Merry-Go-Round Steam Gallopers | [[Hollycombe Steam Collection]], [[Liphook]], [[England]] | {{Flag icon|GBR}} United Kingdom | [[File:Tidman, Norwich 3-abreast steam gallopers (c1912) Hollycombe, Liphook 3.8.2004 P8030032 (10353792564).jpg|150px]] | Robert Tidman & Sons | {{dts|1912}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |A working steam driven Merry-Go-Round with 3-abreast Steam Gallopers. It has 24 horses, six cockerels and two chariots (for those who don't relish the galloping motion). It is driven by a steam center engine, also Tidman, and has revolving pillars, which are believed to be the only ones still operating. Musical accompaniment is driven by a slotted card Tidman band organ. | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollycombe.co.uk/fairground/golden-gallopers|title=Golden Gallopers|website=www.hollycombe.co.uk}}</ref> |- ! [[Nunley's Carousel#Nunley's Carousel|Nunley's Carousel]] | [[Cradle of Aviation Museum]], [[Garden City, New York]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Nunleys carousel 04.jpg|150px]] | Stein & Goldstein Artistic Carousell Manufacturing Company | {{dts|1912}} | Yes | Yes | style="text-align:left" |Operated at [[Nunley's]] Amusement Park in [[Baldwin, New York]], until its closure in 1995. Subsequently purchased by Nassau County and placed in storage. Fully restored and opened in its current location in 2009. | <ref>{{cite web | title = Historic Nunley's Carousel at Museum Row | publisher = cradleofaviation.org | url = http://www.cradleofaviation.org/nunleys.html | access-date = 3 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121228104214/http://www.cradleofaviation.org/nunleys.html | archive-date = 28 December 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- ! [[Cafesjian's Carousel]] | [[Como Park Zoo and Conservatory#Como Park|Como Park]], [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Como Regional Park 34.jpg|150px]] | Philadelphia Toboggan Company | {{dts|1914}} | Yes | No | style="text-align:left" |A mainstay at the [[Minnesota State Fair]] from 1914 to 1988, when it was saved from the auction block by a non-profit group organized to save the landmark. The carousel is now located in [[Como Park]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourfaircarousel.org/|title=Cafesjians Carousel—Welcome}}</ref> |- ! [[Weona Park Carousel]] | [[Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Weona Park Carousel Animals 06.JPG|150px]] | [[Dentzel Carousel Company]] | {{dts|1917}} | No | Yes | style="text-align:left" |One of only two remaining stationary Dentzel menagerie carousels with original factory paint on the carousel figures | <ref name="NRHP–99000879">{{Cite web|last=Cremers|first=Estelle|date=March 4, 1999|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Weona Park Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99000879.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321201148/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99000879.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref> |- ! [[Cedar Downs Racing Derby]] | [[Cedar Point]], [[Sandusky, Ohio]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Cedar Downs Horses.jpg|150px]] | [[Frederick Church (engineer)|Prior & Church]] | {{dts|1922}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |One of only two operational racing carousels in the United States | <ref name="NRHP–90000626">{{Cite web|last=Damm|first=Ellie|date=September 1, 1989|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Great American Racing Derby|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90000626.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321164711/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90000626.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref> |- ! [[Over-the-Jumps Carousel]] | [[Little Rock Zoo]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Herschell-Spillman Carousel.jpg|150px]] | [[Allan Herschell Company|Spillman Engineering Company]] | {{dts|1924}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |Only carousel in the world that rides in a waving motion, only remaining wooden track carousel built by the Herschell–Spillman Company, and one of only four track carousels still in existence | <ref name="NRHP–89002065">{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Mary Ann|last2=Story|first2=Kenneth|date=October 16, 1989|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Herschell-Spillman Carousel|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/PU3280-pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 19, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120201720/https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/PU3280-pdf|archive-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref> |- ! [[George W. Johnson Park Carousel]] | George W. Johnson Park, [[Endicott, New York]] | {{Flag icon|USA}} United States | [[File:Endicott, NY - Brome County - George W. Johnson Park Carousel - Historical.jpg|150px]] | [[Allan Herschell Company]] | {{dts|1934}} | No | No | style="text-align:left" |This carousel is one of six in the [[Binghamton metropolitan area|Greater Binghamton]] area donated by [[George F. Johnson]], owner of the [[Endicott Johnson Corporation|Endicott-Johnson Company]] early in the 20th century. These carousels, all manufactured by the Allan Herschell Company in the "country fair" style, were donated with the express stipulation that they would never charge admission for anyone to ride them. | <ref name="NRHP–91001964">{{Cite web|last=LaFrank|first=Kathleen|date=June 1991|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – George W. Johnson Park Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91001964.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321004031/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91001964.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.binghamton-ny.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation/city-carousels |title=City Carousels |website=City of Binghamton |access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref> |} ===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> |}
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