Editing Carousel (section)

===Notable extant carousels built before 1870===
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! 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
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! Hanau Carousel
| Hanau-Wilhelmsbad State Park, [[Hanau]], [[Hesse]]
| {{Flag icon|DEU}} Germany
| [[File:Karussell Wilhelmsbad.jpg|150px]]
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| {{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>
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! Vermolen Boden-Karussel
| [[Efteling]], [[Kaatsheuvel]], [[North Brabant]]
| {{Flag icon|NLD}} Netherlands
| [[File:Draaimolen Efteling.jpg|150px]]
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| {{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>
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