{"id":6868,"date":"2019-08-25T14:54:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?page_id=6868"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:44:02","slug":"carousel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/carousel\/","title":{"rendered":"Carousel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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a.k.a. Merry-Go-Round
Originally Built: 1913
Opened: 1918
Location: Central Midway
Manufactured By: Herschell-Spillman Company – North Tonawanda, New York
Ride Model: Menagerie Carousel
Cost: $14,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carousel in 2015. Photo: B. Miskin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since Lagoon’s origins as Lake Park on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, there has been a carousel in operation. The first was powered by a mule. When electricity was introduced at Lagoon, the carousel was either modified to use electrical power or replaced by a different electric carousel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carousel during the night of the fire in November 1953. Photo courtesy of Desert News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Carousel operating today has been at the park since 1918. It was purchased from a park on the California coast for $14,000 (about $257,000 when adjusted for inflation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of some of the horses in 1978. Photo courtesy of Deseret News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When a large fire spread down the Midway in November 1953, the Carousel was saved by keeping a steady stream of water running over it. It has been refurbished and repainted several times throughout the years and just a few years ago it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s the oldest ride at Lagoon and one of very few classic, hand-carved, wooden carousels still running in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Riding the goat figure in 1984. Photo courtesy of Deseret News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A more thorough history of the Carousel is on the way…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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a.k.a. Merry-Go-RoundOriginally Built: 1913Opened: 1918Location: Central MidwayManufactured By: Herschell-Spillman Company – North Tonawanda, New YorkRide Model: Menagerie CarouselCost: $14,000 Since Lagoon’s origins as Lake Park on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, there has been a carousel in operation. The first was powered by a mule. When electricity was introduced at Lagoon, the carousel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19539,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6868\/revisions\/19539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}