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Rockwood Park: Coney Island of the Maritimes
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Saint John's genteel Rockwood Park was once turned into a modern electric circus.
For several years Saint John’s iconic Rockwood Park –the largest urban park in Canada at the time– was turned into a summer fair grounds based on Coney Island. In the early 1900s it featured rides that had never been seen before like a ferris wheel and merry go around, nightly fireworks, bars and restaurants, and acrobatic performances so daring the daredevil chickened out, but a local waiter stepped in to perform them instead.
backyardhistory.ca
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Manage episode 356440108 series 3318535
Saint John's genteel Rockwood Park was once turned into a modern electric circus.
For several years Saint John’s iconic Rockwood Park –the largest urban park in Canada at the time– was turned into a summer fair grounds based on Coney Island. In the early 1900s it featured rides that had never been seen before like a ferris wheel and merry go around, nightly fireworks, bars and restaurants, and acrobatic performances so daring the daredevil chickened out, but a local waiter stepped in to perform them instead.
backyardhistory.ca
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