by Disney Guy
>>> I'm not trying for a 'big list' but there were many ...
One source I read (I forget where) mentioned around 2,000 "amusement parks" in existence in the mid 1920's. I take it that this encompasses parks with at least some major man made attraction, even if just an open but roofed pavilion for roller skating and dancing.
It wasn't said what percentage of the parks was owned and operated by trolley companies.
Alas (the same source) mentioned that after the depression of the 1930's only about 200 of those parks survived.
Trolley companies certainly had the advantage of their own electric power when it came to building amusement parks with powered attractions. Back then there were several companies that made carousels at a rate of more than just one a month each, so there must have been more than a few hundred parks that had carousels.
No doubt, many men brought cards and money to gamble with at the casino, which the open pavilion was called back then, while their families enjoyed the other attractions. Thus "casino" today refers to a gambling parlor.
One source I read (I forget where) mentioned around 2,000 "amusement parks" in existence in the mid 1920's. I take it that this encompasses parks with at least some major man made attraction, even if just an open but roofed pavilion for roller skating and dancing.
It wasn't said what percentage of the parks was owned and operated by trolley companies.
Alas (the same source) mentioned that after the depression of the 1930's only about 200 of those parks survived.
Trolley companies certainly had the advantage of their own electric power when it came to building amusement parks with powered attractions. Back then there were several companies that made carousels at a rate of more than just one a month each, so there must have been more than a few hundred parks that had carousels.
No doubt, many men brought cards and money to gamble with at the casino, which the open pavilion was called back then, while their families enjoyed the other attractions. Thus "casino" today refers to a gambling parlor.