Waldameer Park - Project Algerine - 4K

Learn about the history of Waldameer Park, the 10th oldest amusement park in the US, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, and how it started as a trolley park in 1896.
Highlights
- 🎢 Waldameer Park was founded in 1896 as a trolley park by the Erie Electric Motor Company.
- 🏖️ The park started as a beach destination and later added attractions like the dance hall, the clamshell theater, and the Midway.
- 🎠 The oldest surviving building is the Carousel Building, built in 1905, which still houses the park's Merry-Go-Round to this day.
- 🚀 One of the first true rides at Waldameer was the aerial swings, which lasted over 70 years and was replaced by the paratrooper in 1973.
- 🌳 The area down near the beach was known as Camp Clemens, where trolley cars were stored for the winter.
- 💰 The park was rented each season to vendors who sold refreshments, games of chance, and penny arcade.
- 📈 Waldameer became a popular spot for dancing, dining, and socializing, attracting people to spend their entire summers there.
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[@dwd4503]

Great documentaries. Would love to see one on the Millcreek Mall especially if you could get photos/videos of the mall in the 70s/80s and early 90s

[@waldameerrocks0258]

Yay my home park!

[@fritzrandolph1423]

Thank you for doing this.

[@patcarlson6851]

DEFINITELY Thank you! ❤

[@carlberry191]

Thank you!