Whalom Park
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Whalom Park was an amusement park located on Lake Whalom in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, in the United States, that operated from 1893 to 2000.
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[edit] Description
Whalom Park was established in 1893 by the Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway as a traditional, English-style park of gardens and walking paths.[1] At the time of its last day of operations in 2000, Whalom was known as the 13th oldest amusement park in the United States,[2] as well as the second-oldest trolley park in the world.[citation needed] The park had been in continuous seasonal operation for 107 years. [3]
The "Flyer Comet" wooden roller coaster was one of the park's best-known rides. Most remaining structures at the park, including the Flyer Comet, were demolished in October 2006, to make way for development.
A proposal called "The New Whalom Park Ownership Program" was launched by a local resident in December 2006 to build a new version of Whalom Park. [1]
[edit] TV advertisement jingle
- If fun and excitement are waiting for you,
- Then Whalom Park is the place for you!
- Lots of rides and loads of fun,
- Whalom Park for ev-ery-one!
- Fun and excitement,
- A place to unwind,
- Whalom Paaaark...for a whale of a time!
- Whalom Park, you'll have a good time
[edit] Rides and attractions
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Featured 2 Looff Sea Dragons,[4][5] Broken up at auction April 15, 2000[5] |
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AKA: The Hampster Cages[4], Bought and restored by Kenobles | |
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Parts of this ride were still sitting in back of the mantanice shop when the park closed in 2000 | |||
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Originally located at Palisades Park in NJ.[4] | ||
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Sold To Edaville Railroad but never assembled | |
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Replaced in the early 1990s by two Honda go-karts due to maintenance issuse, Honda go-karts were in the park until the park closed in 2000. | |
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Included a Barrle of Fun/Barrle of Laughs[4], Demolished in 2006 | ||
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Destroyed by arson, March 2, 2002.[3][8] |
[edit] Appearances in pop culture
The music video for the song "Touch and Go" by The Cars was shot at Whalom Park[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Coasting to a stop at Whalom Park", The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), October 19, 2006, Jenna Russell
- ^ ,"Once a Carny", The Metropolis Observed, June, 2002, Michele Herman
- ^ a b c "Fire destroys Whalom ballroom", Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA), March 21, 2002, Benjamin Cole
- ^ a b c d e f g "Great Old Amusement Parks", WQED (Pittsburgh, PA), 1999, ISBN 0-7806-2736-9
- ^ a b c "Minerva - A Sea Dragon", The Carousel News & Trader, November 2004, Edna Caskey Wieier
- ^ a b c "It Was a Whale of a Time", Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA), 2001, Shari Duffy
- ^ "People Rally for Whalom Park", Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA), March 10, 2002, Bob Green
- ^ a b "Police: Teens set fire at Whalom Park", Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA), March 2002, Benjamin Cole
- ^ Sanders, Ron. "Locals Reflect On Soon-To-Be Demolished Park", WBZTV, 2006-10-17. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
