Electric Park, Baltimore
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Open to the public from 1896 through 1915 and razed in 1916, Baltimore's Electric Park was a 24 acre amusement park located near the intersection of Belvedere Avenue and Reistertown Road.[1] A trolley park that originally opened as a racetrack for harness racing,[2][3][4] Electric Park's primary attractions were the thousands of light bulbs that shone at night.[5] Admission to the park was free.[6] The park was served by the North Avenue line of the United Railways and Electric Company for the duration of the park's existence.[7]
On 16 July 1896, the park was the first place in the U. S. State of Maryland to showed motion pictures to the public;[8] the ensuing series of presentations at the park helped establish Electric Park's popularity.
By 1900, a carousel was added to the park and was an immediate success.[9] Subsequent additions include a casino restaurant, a simulation of the Johnstown Flood, a shoot-the-chutes ride, a "Human Laundry" ride, two roller coasters, boating attractions, vaudeville acts, and band concerts.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ Wild Ride - Baltimore Style July/August 2007
- ^ Parks in Baltimore, Maryland
- ^ Jason Rhodes, Maryland's Amusement Parks (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 073851795X
- ^ H. M. Whelpley, ed. Meyer Brothers Druggist, Volume 19 (C. M. G. Meyer 1898)[1]
- ^ Jason Rhodes, Maryland's Amusement Parks (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 073851795X
- ^ Wild Ride - Baltimore Style July/August 2007
- ^ Electric Railway Journal, Volume 47 (McGraw-Hill 1916)[2] - the North Avenue line was phased out after the closing of Electric Park in 1916; service to the site was resumed by an extension of the Edmondson Avenue line
- ^ Robert K. Headley, Maryland's Motion Picture Theaters (Arcadia Publishing 2008) ISBN 0738553840
- ^ Jason Rhodes, Maryland's Amusement Parks (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 073851795X
- ^ Wild Ride - Baltimore Style July/August 2007
- ^ Parks in Baltimore, Maryland
- ^ Jason Rhodes, Maryland's Amusement Parks (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 073851795X
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