ride Old Mill

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Name

Old Mill

Status

Demolished

Closing

No

Park

Riverside Amusement Park

Category

Dark Ride

Categories

Dark Ride

Description

One of the park's earliest and longest-lived attractions, added by the directors while builder Frederick Ingersoll turned his attention to his Luna Park ventures. It was typical of the scenic 'mill chute' boat rides that spread through American amusement parks in the 1900s.

Opening date

1904-01-01

Opening year

1904

Ride sub type

Old Mill scenic boat ride

Attraction type

Ride

Intensity level

Family

Closing from park

No

Story description

Riders drifted in boats through a darkened tunnel into a replica of a working flour mill, passing electrically illuminated painted scenes on a journey of roughly ten minutes.

Source unit system

Imperial

Closing date precision

Exact Date

Opening date precision

Year Only