joeyc98 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) This makes me especially excited to see that the park is ~still~ taking care of and restoring the Carousel. I know this project started a while ago with some of the side panels/mirrors returning and seeing even more progress is awesome. Edited March 5, 2018 by joeyc98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa42 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Quote Restoration has once again begun on Six Flags Great Adventure 1800’s Carousel. As you may recall last year Baynum Painting’s team was approached to assist with the park’s restorations efforts, aimed at conserving this ride’s decorative hand painted background panels. Conserving the ride’s historical beauty required lots of care, time and meticulous attention to detail, and we are thrilled to continue working on such a gorgeous classic! https://www.facebook.com/Baynumpaint/posts/1303876503084444 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 "C" is for Carousel: Carousel and calliope in 1976: Carousel at night: Application of decorative concrete around the Carousel in 1993: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 From the Vintage Carousel group on Facebook, a little background on Savage: Quote Although still quite dim, we are seeing the light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. We hope the parks and carousels will be opening soon. In the meantime, stay safe! Our last post featured the Friedrich Heyn manufactured, clockwise rotating carousel at Story Land in Glen, NH. There is another clockwise rotating carousel that resides at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. This carousel is a three-row (Frederick) Savage Gallopers built in 1897 in England. The carousel consists of 24 jumpers carved by Robert Anderson and twelve roosters (cockerels) carved by Charles Spooner. The platform has slots allowing the figures to slide outward (fly) about twenty degrees due to centrifugal force. This feature was disabled for safety reasons by Six Flags. The carousel spent its first 77 years in the United Kingdom, but it moved to Six Flags in 1974. One of the photos below shows Savage in his mayoral robes as he was mayor of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK from 1889 to 1891. Although Savage died in 1897, his company survived until 1973. Visit our web site www.vintagecarousels.com more photos and information about Frederick Savage, this and other carousels. So why do some carousels, especially those manufactured in Europe, rotate clockwise rather than counterclockwise as do the carousels manufactured in the United States? No one seems to know for certain, but the best hypothesis we have heard is that the game of catching the brass ring was not popular in Europe as it was in the United States. Since most people are righthanded, it is easier for a righthander to grab the ring if the carousel is rotating counterclockwise. We saw a video of a counterclockwise rotating carousel that had a ring dispenser, and there was one girl, obviously lefthanded, reaching across her body trying to grab the ring with her left hand. Impossible! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Nice to see the horses getting painted! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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