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Description
Downtown Old Orchard wreckage, taken on October 4, 1948 showing the damage from the fire the day before. This roller coaster was the last wooden roller coaster in Old Orchard Beach at the Palace Playland amusement park. A newspaper article mentioned the famous wooden roller coaster, "...looked like an oil well on fire." Damages from the fire totaled $250,000.
About This Item
- Title: Old Orchard fire debris, Old Orchard Beach, 1948
- Creator: A. Dayon
- Creation Date: 1948-10-04
- Subject Date: 1948-10-04
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.5 cm x 10.5 cm
- Local Code: 546J
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Amusement parks--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Amusement rides--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fires--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.)--Fire 1948
- Roller coasters--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Ruins--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
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Dyer Library/Saco Museum371 Main Street, Saco, ME 04072
207-283-3861
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