In the eighth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how savvy rail & beer companies took advantage of trolley downtime to create new entertainment destinations at the end of the line.
Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:
- How Tivoli Gardens directly influenced the design of Disneyland
- A Ferris wheel from 1897 that is still operational today
- Early animatronics in Jenny’s Whim
- How the rise of the automobile signaled the death knell for trolley parks
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