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Description
Roller coaster at Palace Playland a day after a fire that started on a ride called the Old Mill on Old Orchard Street. The famous wooden roller coaster, the Old Mill, two game concessions, two summer cottages, and two bathhouses were burned. This was the last wooden roller coaster in Old Orchard Beach.
About This Item
- Title: Roller Coaster fragments, 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: 546H
- 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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