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Electric Park (1903–1912) was an amusement park in Newark, New Jersey. It was one of dozens of "Electric Parks" of the era that were constructed as trolley parks to generate streetcar ridership in the evenings and weekends. The parks were usually owned by electric companies and streetcar companies,[1] but this one was owned by Newark brewer Gottfried Krueger. Located on South Orange Avenue in Newark, it opened on Memorial Day 1903 and was an overnight success.[2]
History[edit]
Newark's Electric Park, one of New Jersey's first amusement parks, was built on the site of Scheutzen Park (Shooting Park), a favorite outing and picnic spot for Newark's then heavily German population.[3]
and closed on
the site is now Vailsburg Park.
References[edit]
- ^ Futrell, Jim (2004). Amusement Parks of New Jersey. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2973-7.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Siegel, Alan A. (1983). Smile: A Picture History of Olympic Park, 1887-1965. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2255-2.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Old Newark Images in Time: Vailsburg 1991". oldnewark.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ "LIONESS LOOSE IN CROWD; 5,000 PANIC-STRICKEN; Scores Trampled in a Rush Out of a Newark Park. BUT SHE HARMED NOBODY Frightened by the Falling of a Bicycle Into Her Cage She Broke Out -Captured After Two Hours". The New York Times. August 23, 1905. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
Into a crowd of five thousand men, women, and children, gathered at Electric Park, adjoining the Vailsburg bicycle track, near Newark, a lioness escaped from her cage at 10:30 o'clock last night.
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