West View Park
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West View Park was an amusement park, located in West View, Pennsylvania. It was owned by T.M. Harton Company of Pittsburgh through its subsidiary company West View Park Company, which was founded in
West View Park, circa 1912
Caterpillar (ride)
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The Caterpillar ride is a vintage amusement ride engineered by the inventor Hyla F. Maynes of North Tonawanda, New York. The first known Caterpillar ride traveled with the Johnny Jones Exposition show
West View Park
…installed at West View Park opened in 1919 - a W.F. Mangels Company ride, The Whip. A number of other amusement rides were added, including a Scooter, a Caterpillar, a second carousel, and a Joy Plane. In 1927, a new roller coaster was added. It was a racing mobius roller coaster called Racing Whippet. 1929 saw the…
Caterpillar at Canobie Lake Park as seen from overhead in 2019
One of the cars of Canobie Lake Park's Caterpillar in 2021. The centrifuge, rods, wheels, track, and furled canopy are also shown here.
Canobie Lake Park's Caterpillar in motion with its orange-striped green canopy unfurled, covering its riders.