www dot ultimaterollercoaster dot com/forums/roller-coasters-theme-parks/182428 quotes an article describing one of these rides at Baltimore’s Electric Park in 1909.
So it happens this past week I learned that multiple amusement parks in the 1900-1910 era had “Human Laundry Machine” rides that gave the rider the experience of a mechanical collar-washing experience, down to being pressed through an immense wringer.
I don’t know that there were any at (Brooklyn) Coney Island, which the commentary here has mentioned as direct influence for panels and wild features, but it seems … imaginable? At least?
I have wondered if anyone knows whether “Tony Williams” is referencing some specific person or phenomenon of the circa-2000 Metro Washington area or whether it’s just, yeah, that name sounds like it belongs to one of those guys who has a sheaf of documents that all need signing where the post-it notes are?
www dot ultimaterollercoaster dot com/forums/roller-coasters-theme-parks/182428 quotes an article describing one of these rides at Baltimore’s Electric Park in 1909.