Shoot the Chutes at Rock Springs | Historic Pittsburgh

1906-07-28

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Title
Shoot the Chutes at Rock Springs
Creator
Frederick Theodore Wagner
Identifier
MSP388.B005.I03
Source Identifier
MSP388.B005.I03
Description
During the early twentieth century there were more than fifty amusement parks in southwestern Pennsylvania, many of which were located near Pittsburgh. The region became a hub for innovation in amusement park rides and attractions. George Washington Gales Ferris, the father of the Ferris wheel, was a Pittsburgh engineer prior to his invention in Chicago. T.M. Harton, the founder of West View Park, an amusement park formerly found in Pittsburgh's West View suburb, was a pioneer in the field of amusement park rides. His company was a leader in assembly line production of amusement park rides. In addition to West View, Neville Island boasted its own version of Coney Island; there were also parks in Homestead, Monroeville, Moon Township, Wilkinsburg, and Oakland. Many of these attractions did not last past the 1910s. Kennywood and Idlewild Park are the two longest surviving amusement parks in the Pittsburgh region.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Rock Springs (Amusement park: Chester, W. Va.)
Amusement parks--West Virginia--Chester.
Roller coasters--West Virginia--Chester.
Source
F. Theodore Wagner, Photographs, ca. 1903-1947, MSP 388, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
F. Theodore Wagner Papers
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