For out-of-state visitors, parking at Nantasket Beach will increase from $10 to $15 per day, and $20 per day. There are over 297 million people in the United States alone that have had the opportunity to ride 1.7 billion different amusement park rides, most of which being roller coasters. It was closed in the 80s and there are condos located on the site. Paragon Park in Hull, MA was the best of the lot of amusement parks, Id say! Paragon fans were getting used to the idea that there would be no final season. There was one that you didnt mention it was between Fall River and New Bedford, along the highway then. Long before there was Disneyland, there was Wonderland. 2023 www.patriotledger.com. . Back before we moved to Connecticut in the. Remember the himalaya ? Thank you for the wonderful memories. If my memory serves me, there was a airplane ride that soared over the lake ! Makes me a bit homesick for Mass, summer, the beach and childhood. Chris Haraden lecture - The History of Paragon Park, Official Site of the Paragon Park Carousel, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paragon_Park&oldid=1135406011, Buildings and structures in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Defunct amusement parks in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 13:40. It is now located next to the old train station and clock tower. Paragon Park Hull, Massachusetts, United States Defunct, Operated from 6/10/1905 to 1985 Videos Maps Parks nearby Defunct Roller Coasters: 6 Location Located on Nantasket Beach. It was in Killingly, many miles north and east, and my parents had a cranky little boy on their hands. Paddle boats ! Sundays: 11am-9pm (9:30pm for Creamery) The rest of the site is devoted to condominiumdevelopment. I believe the amusement park in Lincoln Rhode Island is no longer there. Anybody know anything?!!! Norumbegapark as a kid, Whalom park 8th grade class trip, nantasket beach high school end of year trips. I loved the Giant Coaster and the Congo Cruise. 6-year-old girl's death at Colorado amusement park due to seat belt issues and inadequate staff training, government agency says A 2020 IAAPA North American Ride Safety Report - in which it. Although he and Eastern Park sold off the Rockland House as part of their 1907 separation, Dodge later bought the Pemberton Hotel and Pemberton Inn, adjacent hotels at the farthest end of the Hull peninsula. This incident. I remember that well, and the Diary Ice Cream place up the road on the other side. different name. Also, we often went to Jolly Chollys in North Attleboro as well. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, Nantasket Beach has been a popular summer vacation destination for city dwellers. In 2019, there were 1,299 injuries in US amusement parks. Ive nothing but great memories of how it used to be around here (sounds of the park were like music to my ears. Take a ride down Memory. Can not believe Canobie is closed. I know the Congo Cruise was called the Red Mill at one point but I think that was in my mothers generation, I always remember it as the Congo Cruise. My first job was parking cars in the lot across the street. I really did enjoy Paragon Park. Whalom Park!! Dont forget Adventureland in Newbury, MA which operated for several years from 1957 into the early 60s. Norumbega Park loved going there when I was young! The Super Screamer was there until 1999. The 25.9-acre amusement park the nations largest at the time included roller coasters and other rides, games, vaudeville and movie theaters, a funhouse, and a health center where premature infants in incubators were put on display. There was also Acushnet Park in the very south end of New Bedfordnot as big but great Park. It put Paragon Park on the map as a must-visit for anyone coming to New England, and was beloved by locals as well. I thought the title of the article said New England Amusement Parks. Chester Kahn, a condominium developer whose summer residence was one block away from the Stones Hull home, floated the idea of turning Paragon into a high-rise condominium complex. They were all fun. What we know about the amusement park accident that killed an 11-year-old Iowa boy. If your birthday was in the summer (mine wasnt), a party there was something to anticipate all year. Peter thats so cool that your grandad had the restaurant under the clock! Dodge threw himself into making the park a success, changing exhibits each year and adding to the mix of rides and attractions. Crews worked around the clock to rebuild the Giant so that it could open that season. Within two seasons, however, Paragon was falling short of its financial projections, Eastern Parks investors wanted to abandon the concept. It was small, but close to home, so we got there often! I was just remembering visiting Bensons as a kid. Im a big baby when it comes to riding roller coasters but I do love the look of an old fashioned white wood one curling around a park. Dodge believed in his vision and bought out his partners in 1907. Waves are just as likely to come from local windswells as distant groundswells, and the best swell direction comes from the northeast. Many in Hull remained unconvinced. At about the same time, Dodge decided to scale back from running Paragon on a day-to-day basis. . I remember being very unhappy when Paragon was closed because the beachfront was more valuable for condos and snickering at the condo developer going broke when the 1980s bubble burst. I grew up in Hull and I was in fifth grade when closed the park. Such fond memories. Vendors along the boardwalk sold fried clams, salt water taffy made in a pulling machine visible to patrons, hot dogs and other food. The Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company struggled for several years before declaring bankruptcy; the Old Colony Railroad suspended train service in 1932, substituting buses to and from the Nantasket Junction depot in Hingham. Had my first date with my future husband at Riverside. On June 26, 2019, two trains at Cedar Point bumped on the Valravn roller coaster. I loved Norumbega Park and all the rides. According to the latest fatalities report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2005, 52 . Also visited Crescent Park, Rocky Point ,Bensons ,Pleasure Island,Kings Castle land Whitman,Ma Whalom and Canobie Lake. They tore down the Pavilion the site of many a first kiss and more in the 50s and 60s in Myrtle Beach a few years ago. What about Jollie Chollies in Massachusetts? Then we started aging and before we knew it Savin Rock as we knew it was gone, but not forgotten. The remains of the "Turnpike Cars" roadway ride are hidden in overgrowth beside the parking lot, although are very much visible via Google Maps. Great memories. A great first job! Now that Im a vegan and animal rights activist, Id hate it. A new stone-carved front entrance designed by Hugh Cairns would add elegance to the Nantasket Avenue side. and I will never forget the day July 2, 1952 when we (my brother and I and cousins) were getting ready to go on the kiddie roller coaster when we suddenly had to leave. About this Item. What a great time to be a kid. Turns out my very pregnant mother had started to have labor pains. The park featured wild-animal shows, shooting galleries, performances by natives of far-away lands, a foolish house, the dragons den, the haunted swing, the laughing show, an arcade and man smaller buildings, according to the opening-day press. Roller skating, rides, swimming even a boat that gave rides around the lake. Roller Coaster; Wood; Sit Down; Extreme; Make: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. Pictures; Videos; Maps; Tracks. One of its readers tipped off the local paper, The Hull-Nantasket Times, which went to press a day early to officially break the news on January 2, 1985 that a condominium developer planned to tear down Paragon Park. Retro Roadmap Photo Archives- Do These Places Look Familiar To You? Very scary, but such an adventure. From 1971-78, I spent my entire summers at Paragon Park. Where is the Paragon Park roller coaster now, given this? United States--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach. The midway featured games of skill and chance and performances by Hugo Zacchini, aka the Human Projectile. Among the amusement rides in operation during Paragon Park's history was a traditional-style Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel (PTC #85) built in 1928 with hand-crafted horses, a bumper cars ride known as "Auto Scooters", a Ferris wheel, a horror-themed dark ride called "Kooky Kastle", and a wooden roller coaster known as The Giant Coaster.[1]. Follow The History of Paragon Park on WordPress.com, Paragons Administration Building an original from 1905. Shore dinners especially the clamcakes. \r\rThe coaster was built in 1917 and operated till the amusement park closed for good at the end of 1984. Unfortunately it was replaced by a Six Flags. When I drive around that corner approaching Paragon park I am still a little startled when I see a bunch of condos instead of the roller coaster. There, they would ride The Giant Coaster, a roller coaster that was legendary for being one of the roughest and most intense wooden roller coaster rides of all time. For the younger crowd, there was the Normandy Room. Till I was twelve, lived in Naugatuck CT and lived to ride Dad took us there at least once every summer???????? saw this little blond girl my age (10) all alone. I have always been a fraidy cat about going on roller coasters, and I remember my mother telling me that when she was a kid she made my grandfather take her on the giant coaster, and it was the first and last coaster ride shes been on! I showed off my roller skating expertise to my junior high classmates back in the The park reopens for the season April 6. I grew up in The Berkshires and looked forward every summer to making a trip to Mountain Park and stopping at the nearby dinosaur tracks along with way. I was so sad when Lincoln park closed. Shame on you, lol As for Bensons, they had an enormous elephant you could ride on! My favorite ride was the merry go round and, when I got older the race track where you could drive cars around a track. We used all our tickets there. I just found out that the Giant Coaster was relocated to Six Flags in Maryland and is now the Wild One. It remained on the site for a short time after the closing, a hulking ghost of the parks past. Great memories! What a great story. STILL one of my fave attractions there and it wasnt even part of the park REALLY. I still have a pin and coin purse inwon at games there when I was so very young. Contents 1 History 1.1 Sale and move Most of the time, news of an injury or death at a theme park involves a roller coaster. He proposed twin 18-story towers, each double the height of the world-famous roller coasters first hill. Kelley McLaughlin, 13, and Ann Nigro, 14, of Hull, rode past the Giant Coaster at Paragon Park in Hull on their way home from school on March 24, 1984. 20 Best Things to Do in New England in March, 10 Best Things to Do in The Spring in New England, 40 Cozy Fireside Experiences in New England, Yankee Magazines Ultimate Guide to Autumn in New England, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Winter Guide, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Summer Guide, 63 Reasons Why We Love the Cape & Islands, For $14 Million, You Could Own Provincetowns Iconic Lobster Pot Restaurant. In the winter racing cars on the lake. Hands down, Mountain Park in Holyoke (Western Massachusetts). The park's Ferris wheel was moved to the New Bedford waterfront and the Comet roller coaster was torn down on July 11, 2012. Jack! The Giant Coaster, built in 1917 and removed from the park in 1985, now operates as The Wild One at Six Flags America. David Stone lost two houses on Rockland House Road in the fire; others involved in area concessions lost their homes and businesses as well. I loved Rocky Point. Roller Coaster Death: Five amusement park deaths that will shock roller coaster fans 1. That park put $1 million into renovating the coaster, and it has been refitted and redesigned multiple times over the decades. Photo, Print, Drawing Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. Here are five parks that are gone but certainly not forgotten. Lincoln Park was THE BEST! We went with another family. We held Strong Family reunions there, one year my cousin Ted Strong parachuted into the Park! My wife and I had our first date there. Although the park suffered $5 million in damages, the park owner has no doubt of its return. Many made the pilgrimage to photograph the park for the last time, and members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts visited to see the Giant, at one time the worlds tallest coaster, before it met its fate. Im so glad I caught the Art Deco lines and colors, as well as a bit of the ski lift ride as well! I miss Pleasure Island in Wakefield MA! The parks next transformation would not come from fire, but from Mother Natures wrath. On Wednesday, June 12, 1985, hundreds of former employees, nostalgic patrons, and park operators from around the country braved a rainstorm to watch as bids were placed on each part of the park, from ticket booths and ride equipment to signs bearing the Paragon name. The Summer of 1985 seemed like the longest ever, as day by day more and more of Paragon disappeared. Great place to go! Paragon Park was an amusement park located on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. It was one of the first landmarks you would spot when driving into Hull on George Washington Boulevard: The Giant Roller Coaster of Paragon Park. Ple Kahn already knew that the towns zoning rules for the park property lacked a key ingredient: a height limit. While sad, the news contained one ray of hope a final season for nostalgia-filled fans to say goodbye. I used to love Paragon Park! We had so much fun back in those days 1958 ,so many places to go and things to do back then, there were high school dancing, boys club dancing, ice skating, sad that the kids today missed out on all of those things, I will never forget them or the other good times I had growing up. Dogs are banned from the state-owned Nantasket Beach Reservation from May 1 to September, and a local law change would have no effect on the states rules. The entertainment at the Palm Garden rivaled that in the city; in fact, Paragon was on the same circuit as Boston theaters and showcased nationally known performers in addition to the in-house song-and-dance troupe. Paragons next major milestones arrived in 1963, when three separate fires swept through the area. My Park in Holyoke, MA. I grew up there I really do miss it. Met my husband at Lake Whalom and we have been married 57 years this year. Dad saw Mom and went over and told her he was going to marry her. we went on the Congo Cruise, which I think briefly had a https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=info. But I do have a copy of the book Savin Rock Memories by Gil Johnson and Bennett W. Dorman. Rowes Wharf had the boat to Nantasket Beach. I remember as a young girl with some friends taking the train to Revere Beach Amusement Park in the 50s many times. Thanks for reviving a special memory! Thank you! But another group of preservationists began to think about how memories of the park could be saved, and fixed its gaze upon the antique carousel. Pleasure Island Norumbega were our amusement parks of choice. I can almost picture it. And you can still ride the Wild One wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Maryland. We lived in NH but Fitchburg was where we did a lot of our shopping so in the summer we would stop by Whalom some times. A Thanksgiving Day fire at nearby Nantasket Pier destroyed most of the fleet of steamboats that carried passengers to and from Boston. Younger brother Larry, 30, and mother Rose, 73, were left carry on the management of the family business. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland, 2003. Good memories! Me toonear 77, remember Bensons fondly==I was born and raised in Webster Mass.-I still have a scarf, pik with horse on it that says Bensons Wild animal park on it. The Stones took control of the main Paragon property, as well as its rear parking lots and warehouse, while Golden retained the section of former railroad bed that would later house the Turnpike Cars ride and the Magic Mine Train. rollercoaster type ride , called the wild Mouse Does anyone know of this? We did just one stop at Bensons when I was a child and didnt like it. One bidder paid $25 for the entire lot of rainbow-colored trash cans. Activist Judeth Van Hamm Wiers, who had initially raised the issue in February and started the fundraising drive in earnest in November, pulled together three local businessmen who pooled their resources to submit the winning bid of $598,800 only $1,200 short of their credit limit in dramatic fashion at the auction. Built into the side of Mount Tom it now sits in ruins, closed many years ago. Great memories. Chuck Lawrence. i miss those days i was took by the state for i was a foster child and never got to say goodbye to my friends schoolmates in hull high or even katie averill my girlfriend at the time, a sad moment for me but as a kid a great way to spend a childhood, delivering the newspapers and even raised the flag at the monument by cumberland farms every morn for the veterans , i was a boy scout in troop 21. oh so many fond memories . It was the best rink around as they took good care of the hardwood floor, Curious would you have been from Leominster and chewed peppermint gum at the time, The 60s was my era for skating at Whalom. It ended in the 70s after a series of fires destroyed it. sadly lasted only about 10 years. Rosanna Arias/FEMA Tmmertransport med hest langs elva Lera ved Dalseng, som renner ut i Brumunda i Veldre, Ringsaker. The price of a new ride was now in the millions, and the cost of liability insurance for thrill parks continued to climb. You say Wonderland may have helped inspire Disneyland, but Disney employees were actually involved with Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Rick glad you have fond (or freezing?!) SUMMER - Open six days a week during the summer (closed Tuesdays). Then in myn40s met a man. Dodge died from Brights Disease at a hospital in New Hampshire. day. I miss them both! A woman has died after passing out on a roller coaster. Touted as the strangest farm on earth, this park was developed by John Benson, a British animal trainer who had originally purchased a 200-acre lot about an hour north of Boston to serve as a temporary home for animals he would buy and sell. I have vague memories of Savin Rock in West Haven, CT. We were just in Hull last week and reliving fond memories of Paragon- totally remember the Himalaya! Title . Yea and I still remember that poor gorilla confined in that cement cell of a prison. See it here at. First, patriarch David Stone died during the off season in Miami; three years later, his oldest son, Joseph, died in the middle of parks 1949 season. Our graduating class of 1950 went there after our senior banquet for a fun evening. The propertys history as a public attraction dates back to the 1840s, when a steamboat captain named William Winslow purchased the property and started offering scenic dinners there. Lots and lots of great memories. Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. EDMONTON - It's been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three. Sorry when it closed. Oh Rich, I know EXACTLY what you mean about smelling the beach before you even got there. It is now adjacent to the old train station and clock tower. The question would never be fully answered, however, as the 1982 election of gambling opponent Michael Dukakis as Massachusetts governor sealed the fate of any casino dreams. Yet some may have taken a day trip away from the New Bedford and Fall River areas to visit another of New Englands great amusement parks of old the seaside gem Paragon Park on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. According to a Washington Post article from that time, it was purchased at auction for just $28,000. Roller coasters Past This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can. I found this video in my archives! Pleasure Island, Wakefield, Mass. Great memories and was able to take my kids to a couple of these growing up. In this video you will ride the coaster THREE times! "You can hear cars squeaking and the people screaming," Haraden said in an interview with The Patriot Ledger. A roller coaster in Japan known for its "super death" acceleration to triple-digit speeds was reportedly shut down after riders suffered serious bone fractures. As I remember it was not a very large park, or maybe I didnt get to see it all.But memories are still there. I still think of it and its thrills in y late 70s. Cyndinow living in South Jersey but always a New Englander. Carousel Under the Clock, as it was known, operated as a private business until 1996, when the three businessmen who purchased the ride at the auction decided that they needed to recoup their investment. The actors included many stars on their way up including Hal (and his then wife, Ruby). It closed in 1984. Does anyone remember Funland Park worked there too. Those were the days! Somewhere in between, the Arcade Bazaar was lost due to a fire. The town of Hudson subsequently acquired the property and turned it into a recreation park. Fires twice damaged the coaster, in 1932 and 1962. I lived in Leominister and took the bus to whalom Park on Saturdays. Rebecca thanks for visiting Retro Roadmap, and best of luck with your novel. Bemsons was my other favorite with animals and rides. Not only did they have the rides which we loved as kids, they had a fabulous summer theater, the Valley Players, owned and operated by Jean and Carleton Guild. We used to ice skate at the pond by the fire station and enjoyed swimming at the jetty. Superman: Tower of Power in Louisville, Kentucky It was worth the over an hour drive to get there. So sad to hear about the pavillion! Of course, we miss Rocky Point and Crescent Park, they were in our state of RI; however, Jolly Chollies was an equally amazing amusement park. In fact, a penny would get you a lot in those days, especially in the penny arcade. ( or freezing?! job was parking cars in the 50s many times had an enormous elephant you ride. In fact, a penny would get you a lot in those days, especially in the penny Arcade were! 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