When I was a boy, the park had several... what to call them? Rides? Features? Attractions? Toys? Well, stuff in a space theme. Some of them are still around after all these years.
This looks like a Mercury capsule to me, or maybe a Gemini spacecraft. Either way, it's something of a time capsule... the park found some money back then and this was their idea of something fun and useful.
The good news is that they were right then. Although I'm a bit taller now, I can still climb through and slide down that slide. I wonder how many thousands of children enjoy this without knowing what it was modelled after?
I always wanted to be an astronaut...
chemical pioneer & esso brussels
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SEA WITCH / CHEMICAL PIONEER Built: Bath Iron Works, MELaunched:
1968Length: 610 ft / 190 mBeam: 76 ft / 23 mDraft: 35 ft / 11 mCrew: 40
ESSO BRUSSELS / Pe...
2 years ago
Yes... I sometimes go back to my old neighbourhood, and you are right: it's odd how the 'remains' of our childhood still have an effect
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