Lakeside Amusement Park Carousel - Lakeside, CO - Carousels on Waymarking.com

The 1908 carousel was apparently made up from used figures from other carousels. Many of the animals bear characteristic designs of famed woodcarver Charles I. D. Looff. The carousel has also been credited to the Parker company, but the Lakeside horses do not have the typical Parker metal horseshoes. It remains as one of less than 200 wooden carousels in the U.S. still in operation today.

The carousel has 4 rows, Park, 3-level platform, all wood composition in a Art Deco style shelter.

The hand-carved figures consist of 16 jumping horses, 16 standing horses, 4 chariots; figures include 2 bears, 4 burros, 3 deer, 4 dogs, 5 goats, 2 lions, 4 pigs, 4 rabbits, 2 tigers, 2 zebras, 2 panthers, 1 cheetah, 2 monkeys, and 3 cougars. One of the horses is a Knight’s Templar horse! Sadly, there is no music.

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Carousel Location: Amusement Parks Is the Carousel operational?: Yes Does the Music work?: No Cost to ride: $2.50 US admission and $1 per ride (50 cent coupons) Hours of Operation: Visit http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/ for hours of operation Related Website: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/07/2000 Tygress visited it