Memories
I was trying to find some information on a horse off of a mery go round that came from Fontaine Ferry Amusement Park, it is not
off of the main carousel. It was made by Miracle equipment company and has been in my grandfathers possession since at least
1960, he told me he was thinks he got it about 1954 or 1955 one but wasn’t sure which, he worked for Klempner brothers scrap yard
in Louisville KY and the horse is a die cast aluminum carousel horse. I sent an email yesterday but Until I seen it I was
mistaken on how it was mounted, It was set on a pole like a normal carousel, but it was set where it had a pinned coller on the
bottom and a steel rod that came down and connected to the tail of the horse that was attached to a cam that when the cam turned
rocked the horse forward and back slowly, instead of raising the horse up and down. From what little knowledge I gathered
miracle equipment company has been around for about 80 years an they started out making a single childs merry go round, now
they make park and childrens recreational equipment. If this is the case it would date this horse back to the thirties
approximately maybe longer, just wondering if you know anything about a merry go round for younger ( small ) children, it’s a
miniature sized horse so it was either for a kids ride or maybe playground equipment and unsure which but design seems more like
a ride than playground by design, was basically wondering if you might have any pictures of the childrens rides from fontaine ferry
park. According to my grandfather who lived in Louisville at the time and had been to the park several times he said it was a
horse of a childs merry go round from Fontaine Ferry Park, im just trying to figure out when it might have been installed and removed
from the park.
I thank you for any assistance you might be able to give to this………