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Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, opened in 1905 [1] and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper The amusement park and its wooden coaster , the Rocket, appeared in the 1977 movie Rollercoaster but closed on 4 September 1978. [ 3 ]
Several real amusement parks were used in the film for the various park and roller coaster scenes. Ocean View Park in Norfolk, Virginia, was used for the first park in the film. [13] Although the park was located on the Chesapeake Bay, it was described as a west coast park in the film. Goldstone chose the park because of its old-fashioned feeling.
East Beach in Ocean View, along the Chesapeake Bay. Ocean View is a coastal region in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States.It has several miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay to the north, starting with Willoughby Spit to the west and the Joint Expeditionary Base -- Little Creek in the independent city of Virginia Beach on the east.
Amusement park City Years of operation Notes Ref. Arlington Beach Park Arlington: 1923–1929 Buckroe Beach Amusement Park Hampton: 1897–1985 [96] Forest Hill Park Richmond: 1890s–1932 Holy Land USA Bedford: 1972–2009 Idlewood Amusement Park Richmond: 1902–1910s Named West End Electrical Park from 1906 to the 1910s. Lakeside Amusement ...
Pacific Ocean Park was a 28-acre (11-hectare) nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Pier Avenue in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, California in 1958. Intended to compete with Disneyland , it replaced Ocean Park Pier (1926–1956).
Ocean View (Vietnam), a U.S. Marine Corps observation post in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War; Ocean View Amusement Park, a former amusement in Norfolk, Virginia (USA) Ocean View High School, in Huntington Beach, California (USA) Ocean View Line, San Francisco, California (USA) Zanzibar Ocean View F.C., a football club in Tanzania
Ocean Park Branch library, an original Carnegie library, July 2009. In December 1916, the commissioners of Santa Monica selected the site for the Ocean Park branch Carnegie library at 2601 Main Street. [2] The library was funded by a $12,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The library was opened to the public on February 15, 1918.
Ocean View Amusement Park United States 1929: 1978 Designed by Herbert P. Schmeck. [12] Alterations made to ride originally designed by Edward A. Vettel. Dynamited in 1979. 79 Unknown Olympic Park (Newark, New Jersey) United States 1929: Removed Designed by Herbert P. Schmeck. Alteration of pre-existing coaster. [12] 80 Wildcat: Pine Island ...