On Wed, 07 May 2008 09:07:56 -0700, Blinky the Shark
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> wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
> > Charles Wm. Dimmick said...
> >
> >> http://history.amusement-parks.com/knoebelscaro.htm
> >
> >
> > Fun article! The merrygoround at the Santa Monica pier was nothing to
sneeze
> > at either!
> >
> > http://www.santamonicapier.org/images/carouselbig.jpg
>
> Built in 1922; been at Santa Monica since 1947.
>
> "The fanciful and elegant old machine with its horses, painted ponies
and
> chariots, lights, brass poles, and mirrors turns as smoothly now as
ever,
> as it is kept in prime condition. In 1990, each of the horses was taken
> apart, restored, reassembled and newly painted by The Carousel Works of
> Mansfield, Ohio, using a team of some of the foremost carousel craftsmen
> in America."
Binghamton, NY, is known as the Carousel Capitol of the World. There
are six antique Herschell carousels nearby. It's also the home of L3,
which is Link (aviation simulators), Rockwell-Collins (aviation
simulators), Lockheed-Martin (systems integration), and BAE Systems,
which is why I was there doing my Distinguished Lecturer gig. They
gave me a beautiful ****celain carousel horse, a copy of one of the
Herschell horses, as a memento.
Mary "Unfortunately I had no time to go to a carousel"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or miliff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/
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