My favorite ride was the wooden roller coaster and enjoyed being an usher at the playhouse. 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. Somewhere I have an old B&W photo of tiny little me looking up at an elephant in awe. Paragon Park on Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA has to be the most beloved old amusement park in New England and one of the top 10 in the country. the wonderful carousel at nearby Lake Quassapaug! 2023 www.patriotledger.com. He operated the coaster until it's demise in 1916 when it was destroyed by a fire. This incident. According to a Washington Post article from that time, it was purchased at auction for just $28,000. The first major fire at Paragon struck in 1911, leveling all of the buildings from the entrance south along Nantasket Avenue to what would become Park Avenue. My family lived at Hulll It was safe and so much fun. Still learning how to compose a photograph, I think back and realize that my penchant for photos without people in them was in force then, and I went as far as to scribble out the lady who was in the foreground of this photo of the Snack-a-rama. 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. Savin Rock was an outstanding amusement park, with roller coasters over the water, the Virginia Reel, a fabulous carousel with brass rings to catch, fun houses and top name hamburger/hotdog drive ins to feed the appetite you worked up walking the miles of rides, races and arcades. Skeeball and pinball machines were favorite games at Paragon Park's penny arcade. It had a great wooden roller coaster as well as a Ferris Wheel and other attractions. Jim- thanks so much for sharing your fond memories of Paragon Park with the RetroRoadmap readers! 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. In late 1985, they canceled the development all together, and announced that they would sell the beloved carousel at auction 28 days later. Zoom in Zoom out Rotate right Fit screen Full expand. DeNoto, who now lives in New York, states in the suit that he took his boy to the park on June 26, 2018 because the lad was finally tall enough to ride the coasters. It was always fun to hang on the beach side with the arcades. Retro Roadmap creator, vintage road trip lover, photo taker, musician's wife and hostess with the mostess! He proposed twin 18-story towers, each double the height of the world-famous roller coasters first hill. "You can hear cars squeaking and the people screaming," Haraden said in an interview with The Patriot Ledger. My favorite memories were watching all the people and traffic on Nantasket Boulevard on Friday and Saturday nights, it was better than watching the movie American Graffiti. During really hot days, the guys running the giant roller coaster let me ride for free during my breaks just to cool off. Shore dinners especially the clamcakes. The Bat featured cars shaped like bats, suspended below the track. Many in Hull remained unconvinced. One of the most intriguing to me is Holy Land, USA in Waterbury, CT. Its one of those in-between places that some might say doesnt belong on the list because its being, well, you might say resurrected. While the fire didnt physically touch the park, its effects on the economy and the prospects for the resort were profound. Mark Mason, the manager of the Wild World amusement park near Baltimore, paid $28,000 to buy the Giant Coaster, and promptly announced plans to dismantle the ride piece-by-piece and have it rebuilt in time for the next season. remember the steamboat that was just before the park coming into hull?? A scenic railway was added in 1900. Such wonderful memories of a different time!???? I also remember the Revere Beach Amusements alomng Revere Beach in the 50s and 60s. I felt so sorry for that creature. Except for the flying swings incident. I still think of it and its thrills in y late 70s. And you can still ride the Wild One wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Maryland. 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. For out-of-state visitors, parking at Nantasket Beach will increase from $10 to $15 per day, and $20 per day. Yet, in 14 years (1990-2004), there were only 54 amusement park fatalities. Sundays: 11am-9pm (9:30pm for Creamery) HOURS: Open Saturdays and Sundays through October 30, 2022, 11am-4pm. What a wonderful and very interesting article about the history of amusement parks in New England. I loved the Giant Coaster and the Congo Cruise. A small miniature golf course is located on one of the smaller sites that once housed a water slide and, previously, a few rides. Thanks so much for adding them to the thread here on Retro Roadmap. So many times I think of the times spent there and tell my children and grandchildren about this magical place!! Keansburg, N.J., March 14, 2013 -- Workers at Keansburg Amusements Park dismantle a roller coaster rendered useless by Hurricane Sandy. No Paragon Park??? This was perfect! A 20-year-old man also fell when he attempted to stand up on the coaster in 1934, and a maintenance worker was killed in 1946 after he was struck while working on scaffolding on the coaster. What wouldnt be kept in town, however, were the rides and equipment that now stood in the way of the Plaza at Paragon Park. A woman has died after passing out on a roller coaster. In the ensuing real estate crash, the developers would lose control of the property and never realize the plans for a second building at the rear of the site. It was a historic park. Like Lincoln Park, the land on which Paragon Park was situated is now the site of condominiums. We used all our tickets there. At the time, the park was called Wild World; hence its new name. I never saw that girl again. All rights reserved. I loved Rocky Point. How Id love to take one more slide ride. But my most vivid, and fond memory was Misquamucut, and this mystery park! Crowds dwindled in the 1970s, and the park finally closed following the 1977 season. Here are 10 Disney movies that we think would make particularly great theme park rides, whether it be a dark ride, flume ride, or rollercoaster. By the 1980s, attendance had started to decline, along with the facility itself. Im so glad that these cool old places- even when theyre unfortunately gone, hold a special place in folks lives. 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. Happy Anniversary to you both. Giant Coaster Paragon Park (Hull, Massachusetts, United States) Removed, Operated from 1917 to 1985. I remember that well, and the Diary Ice Cream place up the road on the other side. I remember watching Bea Lillie and Robert Emhardt among others. 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. Id have the day in the park while my parents and aunts and uncles would sit under the pavilion on a Sunday listening to the polka bands. But the ride was plagued with many problems that remained with it until it was . This magazine should also research Savin Rock which was in West Haven, CT good history. In the aftermath of the fire, a new dance hall and roller coaster were constructed in the front of the park. It was in Killingly, many miles north and east, and my parents had a cranky little boy on their hands. Paragon park roller coaster on nantasket . We couldnt go often, back then it was a long drive in the older cars. Take a ride down Memory Lane! The later years at Bensons they had Christmas displays. Then we started aging and before we knew it Savin Rock as we knew it was gone, but not forgotten. 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. Flag item for content or copyright "They preserved the spirit of the ride," amusement park aficionado B. Derek Shaw told USA Today. I remember that was my choice Pleasure Island or a birthday party, and I always picked going to that park! Dodge died from Brights Disease at a hospital in New Hampshire. I remember going on it every summer as a child.such great memories!!! A great little park! For the life of me I can not remember the name.But it was a really big thing to me back in the day. The last roller coaster-related death in the country was reported in 2007, when an axle on a car broke during a ride in Expoland in Osaka and sent the roller coaster crashing into a guardrail. A. Schiff & Associates steel wild mouse roller coaster located at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts, USA. Growing up in Everett,MA I know several of these parks. I remember riding the elephant at Bensons. Shame on you, lol As for Bensons, they had an enormous elephant you could ride on! I too have fond memories of the place, and even though its a shell of its former self, I cant help but hope it returns to its former glory. 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. Pleasure Island & Bensons were family favorites. War rationing and blackout drills during the 1940s put more strain on the parks operations. Savin Rock Amusement Park in West Haven, CT, How about the old boardwalk at Revere Beach, Pleasure Island in Wakefield,Ma The Kiddie Ranch Rte 1 Saugus, Ma. Nothing like Paragon Park has ever before been seen near than Luna Park at New York, The Boston Globe enthused, referencing the world-famous amusement center at Coney Island.George A. 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! They flew around the 2,456-foot circuit and the coaster utilized two lift hills, each almost 100-feet high. It closed in 1984. different name. I loved White City! Time finally caught up with Whalom Park, however, and not long after it closed permanently, the parks remaining structures were razed to make way for a condominium complex. Golden. My dad worked there. I lived in Leominister and took the bus to whalom Park on Saturdays. And as young teens roller skating. Long before there was Disneyland, there was Wonderland. About this Item. Great memories growing up there with the park, the bowling alley and the roller skating rink! Dodge assembled a group of investors to form the Eastern Park Construction Company and leased several acres from the railroad company. 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. He didn't survive the incident. 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As Paragon lumbered along, relatively little changed during the following two decades except the names and locations of some of the rides. There was also a ski lift-type ride called the Sky Lark, an automobile-themed ride known as "Turnpike Cars" (replaced by a different ride in the 1970s called the "Indy 500"), and a water ride called "Bermuda Triangle" (formerly the "Congo Cruise," the "Jungle Ride," the "Red Mill", and the "Mill Rapids"). For one that could never do twirly rides I loved the roller coaster the best. Fun fact: a couple of fires over the years changed the configuration of The Giant Coasters track, but it was a fire at another park in St. Louis that allowed Paragon Parks owner to buy a couple of cars from a coaster named The Comet, which is why some of the cars on The Giant Coaster had Comet on them. Not much mention of Revere Beach, it may very well b the 1st given that Revere beach is the 1st public beach in America, it had everything u could or would want in an Amusement park NOW its just a bunch of CONDOS. Cant recall what actually propelled them. Here are five parks that are gone but certainly not forgotten. Shortly after railroad executives signed the paperwork the following March, fire broke out in a paint shop at the park. I lived and graduated from Lunenburg High School in 70. Lincoln Park was THE BEST! Also, not far from the park was the original (and still is) Frank Pepes pizzeria. A nice man left money to the town I lived in and every year the town would set up the trip to Whalom Park! The coaster shut down when Paragon Park closed in 1984. save the carousel effort was launched, but this time the result would be the formation of the non-profit Friends of the Paragon Carousel and the purchase of the antique merry-go-round for $1.1 million. Here's a list of 13 of the deadliest roller coaster accidents in the last two decades. On a dark winter evening homeward-bound in the front passenger seat in our 53 Chevy after Christmas shopping at the Paragon Parks Arcade Bazaar a warehouse-like fluorescent-lit discount toy store in Nantasket Beach my mom told me the heartbreaking truth about Santa Claus. I havent thought about that place in years! Rebecca thanks for visiting Retro Roadmap, and best of luck with your novel. Their 1928 purchase of a Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel would become the centerpiece of the park, replacing concessionaire John J. Hurleys previous carousel in the same location. These old beach attractions are truly an endangered species. \r\rDo you remember hearing the clicking of the cars as they climb to the top? Today, the only surviving remnant of Paragon Park on the boardwalk is the historic Paragon Park Carousel, which was moved from its original site. I showed off my roller skating expertise to my junior high classmates back in the memories of Nantasket! Photo: Rich Koppelman. Our school also had our senior prom there. The sale was set to close in March, only a few weeks away. The price of a new ride was now in the millions, and the cost of liability insurance for thrill parks continued to climb. Launched as a trolley park (parks at the terminus of trolley lines were all the rage at the time), the property soon evolved from a series of serene walking paths to a bustling destination filled with midway games and rides like Ferris wheels and carousels. Revere Beach was the closest, and we visited often. Good memories! That was wicked cool when you were a kid. Other favorites: the roller coaster that sat right on the edge of the water. Great place. 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. STILL one of my fave attractions there and it wasnt even part of the park REALLY. For Christopher Haraden, who grew up just beyond a curve in the coaster's tracks on Rockview Road, the ride and its riders were the sounds of summer. The coaster is now called \"The Wild One\". I remember Savin Rock very well. How wonderful you met your husband at Lake Whalom. Title . The carousel was always a favorite ride no matter how young or old I was. Worked there for a while after graduation. i lived in hull for 7 yrs between 1971 and 1978 best years of my life were spent there at paragon park and was sorry when the big developers came in and tore it down what a shame. Around the same time, the town and the state began buying the property in stages. Although the park suffered $5 million in damages, the park owner has no doubt of its return. So glad you shared yours here too . In 1987, Bensons Wild Animal Farm was renamed New Englands Playworld Amusement Park and Zoo, but the rebranding didnt help: It closed for good that same year. Not only did I grow up in Hull, I worked at Paragon Park from 15 to 19 (1965 to 1969). There was one that you didnt mention it was between Fall River and New Bedford, along the highway then. They also hosted many concerts and special shows! Dad saw Mom and went over and told her he was going to marry her. Theyve got a Facebook page too a great place for everyone to gather and share their memories of the park and fun times there. 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. Lizzie- Myrtle Beach is definitely in the air today as a pal just asked about retro roadmap worthy places to go around that area. My first job was parking cars in the lot across the street. This thing was the greatest. That magic of entering the Nantasket Beach area is gone, but at least the magic of The Giant Coaster excuse me, The Wild One lives on. My Late Dad used to work at A&P ( another memory ) They used to have an annual picnic at the park. NORUMBEGA AND TOTEM POLE BALLROOM, AUBURNDALE, MA. Within five years, the rail line was abandoned forever. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the Wonderland Greyhound Park opened on the same property. I wonder if anyone remembers the Pine Island Park in NH. The first, termed a roaring inferno by the Hull fire chief, ripped through the Arcade Bazaar and Funland, a toy store and group of attractions just up Nantasket Avenue from Paragon. The roller coaster, known as the Green Streak, replaced an earlier, figure-8 model that had been located at the rear of the complex next to the Palm Garden. I remember barely being able to wait until the park opened at 12?1? Paragon fans rejoiced that incredibly, two of the signature pieces of Paragon Park would survive its imminent death. Lincoln Park, N. Dartmouth, MA We went there all the time as children. My family lived in Agawam at the time , and on Sat .nights we could hear the cars racing at the track. Larry and Phyllis Stone found little common ground in their day-to-day management. A friend, 20-year-old William Haithcoat, and a 20-year-old park employee named Darrel Robertson, attempted to rescue him. On June 9, 1991, death stalked the grounds of Kings Island amusement park. We had a cottage nearby, until the great blizzard of 1978. Still saw remnants of the park in the area. 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. Is Nantasket Beach also open? Aw, I remember going to Bensons Wild Animal Farm! Who makes these lists? The rest of the site is devoted to condominiumdevelopment. Not only was the band funny, but exceptional musicians . Quick Description: Paragon Park, which operated from 1905 to 1984 by Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA, was a local amusement park that had many rides including a well known roller coaster, which today is operated in a Six Flags amusement park in Maryland. Savannas, thickets, and forest were the three, Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Ionic Bonds Liquid or gaseous Solid Polarity: Low High So, are all ionic compounds solid, Fiber content in the cereals listed below is low: 1 gram per cup of Cream of Wheat and Malt-O-Meal. I also went to Lincoln Park & Kings Castle. While sad, the news contained one ray of hope a final season for nostalgia-filled fans to say goodbye. Trailblazer (1974). It was where the class went after graduation of Grammar School in 56 too we also would go to the speedway. Also remembr White City Park near Worcester fondly. During the late Forties and early Fifties my father had a car Number 87 in those races. Its layout and format modeled those of Luna and Dreamland at Coney Island, with an ornate front entrance and exhibitions from foreign lands surrounding the lagoon and electric tower. There was a miniature golf course under the roller coaster. Statistics are an important factor to take into consideration when you begin riding an ample amount of roller coasters. Norumbegapark as a kid, Whalom park 8th grade class trip, nantasket beach high school end of year trips. Thank you so much for posting these pictures, I have been looking for photos of the last year of Paragon for years now and I am so happy to finally have found them!!! If my memory serves me, there was a airplane ride that soared over the lake ! 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. Multiple news agencies reported four cases of fractures in the back or neck linked to the Do-Dodonpa coaster at Fuji-Q Highland Park. If youre on Facebook theres a Paragon Park Memories page you might enjoy too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. As each season ended, friends and family recall the Stones saying privately that it would be the last; they no longer had the energy to devote to such a draining enterprise. Some restaurants and openncafes had pictures of it years ago. If we had saved enough pennies, we would enjoy the shore dinner before we headed home. Built in 1917, the wooden roller-coaster stood 98 feet high at its peak and was the tallest roller coaster in the world for eight years until the Cyclone roller coaster was built at Revere Beach. [2]. My grandparents took me. Due to a private event, the Paragon Carousel will be open from 12pm - 4pm on Saturday October 22. )And I grew up in Holden, so, yes Whalom Park. I was so sad when Lincoln park closed. David Stone lost two houses on Rockland House Road in the fire; others involved in area concessions lost their homes and businesses as well. Lincoln Park, North Dartmouth, Ma. Very scary, but such an adventure. I cant believe they didnt have Lincoln Park listedthat place was the best! I still remember feeling sad for this elephant who had a steel cuff on its leg and was chained to the floor. I worked for Paragon Park as a ride operator for three consecitives summers from the age 14-17. The musical runs from July 27 through . Thank you for putting these wonderful pictures together. Jack! Dogs will not be allowed on Nantasket Beach in the summer, regardless of whether the law passes. I miss them both! The Super Screamer was there until 1999. Very interesting about the Amusement Parks/brings back childhood memories. It was 1971. Im now a Hull year-round resident, 1/4 mile from where the park once stood. David Goran is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News http://themeparks.about.com/library/coasters/blwildone.htm I vividly remember a Killer Kowalski wrestling show at the pavilion during one of my visits. John- what great evocative memories you have of Hull! What we know about the amusement park accident that killed an 11-year-old Iowa boy. Sorry when it closed. Those poor animals. You forgot Pleasure Island. Growing up, Paragon Park, a small amusement park in Hull MA just across from Nantasket Beach was my idea of the ultimate place to go, and wed hopefully go there once a summer if we were lucky. From late June to early September, lifeguards are on duty. The Giant Coaster sat silent, and the undulating tracks looked like the skeleton of a dinosaur carcass, being slowly dismantled and eaten away at by the vultures that couldn't wait to turn the site into a condominium complex. Yes, cant believe they forgot Norumbega Park!! He says he and his son boarded . At about the same time, Dodge decided to scale back from running Paragon on a day-to-day basis. Buildings were rebuilt quickly in utilitarian style flat-roofed, single-story concrete block structures that were fire resistant but lacked the grandeur and artistry of past architecture. 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. In short, we The ride's top speed is 50 mph, according to the park's Web site. Married and lived there myself. Lincoln Park was the highlight of my summer in the early 70s. Find it all and much more with the interactive Roller Coaster Database. I never liked to see animals who were unable to have some freedom from confinement. Oh just one more comment,thanks to Larry Stone who put me to work every summer running the flying scooter, flying cages, or the rocket swing,then the lindyloop, I really loved Lincoln Park.If youre not you made my morning just for letting me remember Lincoln Park!!! I liked Riverside Park in the 70s. Just as I started a family of my own in 1983 I was heart broken when the park closed. Well friends, you never know whats going to happen because the park never reopened the following season, and when I returned in the summer of 1985 I was greeted with this sad sign: Not only had Paragon Park been permanently shuttered, but I had even missed the public auction of all of the goods from the place. All Rights Reserved. Vendors along the boardwalk sold fried clams, salt water taffy made in a pulling machine visible to patrons, hot dogs and other food. I really did enjoy Paragon Park. Great memories. It is now located next to the old train station and clock tower. Such fond memories. Nantasket Beach. Which now-closed New England amusement parks do you miss the most? Format: Dry plate negatives. The most visible prize at the June auction didnt attract the highest bid, but garnered the most attention. The park's Ferris wheel was moved to the New Bedford waterfront and the Comet roller coaster was torn down on July 11, 2012. Luckily they saved the merry go round and youre able to ride on it still in its new location. At 98 feet high with an 88-foot drop, the park's giant wooden roller coaster used to be the world's tallest before the park closed in 1984. One witness who was in line at the time of the crash reported, "I felt a huge vibration and crash, people were screaming, and people running out of line.". Paragon had its own saltwater lagoon, which surrounded a central electric tower that rose 110 feet into the sky, by far the largest structure at Nantasket Beach. 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