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A merry-go-round at a park in New Jersey. A simplified drawing of various older types of roundabout to be found in British playgrounds. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand ...
Merry-Go-Round: A carousel is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. 1925 ...
In Mary Poppins, Mary, Bert, and the children ride a merry-go-round, then leave the carousel on their horses to go off on a fox hunt and a horse race. In the film Charade , near the end, there is a scene where appears a carousel in the background with the music of the main theme, a Parisian waltz composed by Henry Mancini (Charade carousel ...
For example, older children may choose to climb on the outside of a "safe" but boring play structure, rather than using it the way the designers intended. Similarly, rather than letting young children play on playground slides by themselves, some injury-averse parents seat the children on the adult's lap and go down the slide together. [29]
The PlayPump water system is a playground merry-go-round attached to a water pump. The spinning motion pumps underground water into a 2,500-liter tank raised seven meters above ground. The water in the tank is easily dispensed by a tap valve. According to the manufacturer the pump can raise up to 1400 liters of water per hour from a depth of 40 ...
Last year, I bought my kids’ school shoes during a winter clearance sale and saved over 60%,” Tavernor explained. Overall, thinking ahead and doing your school shopping throughout the year ...
The schools bought the Miracle Whirl to entertain their students during recess. During 1947, the firm's first year of operation, 900 whirls were sold to schools throughout Iowa. Soon after, offering were expanded to include playground equipment such as swings, teeter-totters, and jungle gyms.
Grand Carousel. Grand Carousel, also known as Merry-Go-Round, was built in 1926 for the Philadelphia sesquicentennial by William H. Dentzel. Finished too late for the sesquicentennial, it was instead installed at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania in 1927.