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Bumper cars in Kerava, Finland, powered by pole-mounted contact shoes that supply power from a conductive ceiling. Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator.
Flybar's Bumper Car certainly seem like action-packed fun in a box, but not everyone's on-board with this latest find. For starters, it's worth noting that the 175-pound capacity is limiting.
The center features four rinks: a "feature" rink with 2,500 tip-up seats and a four-sided HD video scoreboard, the St. Louis Blues main practice rink with seating for 750, the Bob Plager Community Rink with bleacher seating for 400 and dedicated access for sled hockey, and "The Barn", a covered outdoor rink with a 4,000 seat grandstand.
One of the few surviving Lisbon's São Luís type cars (series 400–474): of the original batch of 75 units, imported in 1901 and retired up to 1973, most were scrapped, three remain operational in Lisbon (a museum car restored to original condition and two modified for tourist duty since 1965, fitted with luxury upholstering — No.2, former No.435, on the photo), and five saw heritage use ...
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By the 1830s, St. Louis had grown beyond the ability of many of its residents to walk conveniently throughout the town. [2] In 1838, brief mention is made in historical records of a private horse-drawn cab service in the city, followed in 1843 by the beginning of an omnibus service by entrepreneur Erastus Wells in partnership with an investor named Calvin Case. [2]
St. Louis Truck Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory that built GMC and Chevrolet trucks, GM "B" body passenger cars, and the 1954–1981 Corvette models in St. Louis. Opened in the 1920s as a Fisher body plant and Chevrolet chassis plant, it expanded facilities to manufacture trucks on a separate line.