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#1 sheave

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Posted 09 August 2025 - 03:07 PM

I have received the installation records of OD Hopkins (Skygliders) and would like to share them here.

Lifts built by Universald Design:

Date Location
??/??/62 Fun Pier, Wildwood, NJ
02/07/64 Storytown USA, Glens Falls, NY
03/03/64 Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ
03/03/64 Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
03/18/64 Pirateland, Myrtle Beach, SC
03/25/64 Roseland Park, Canandaigua, NY
10/03/64 LeSourdsville Lake, Monroe, OH
10/30/64 Crescent Park, Riverside, RI
12/31/64 Springlake Amusement Park, Oklahoma City, OK
01/21/65 Playland Amusement Park, Ocean City, MD
02/10/65 Crystal Beach Amusement Park, Crystal Beach (ON, Canada)
02/17/65 West View Park, West View, PA
03/12/65 Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
03/12/65 Fantasyland, Gettysburg, PA
05/26/65 Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH
05/01/65 Redondo Beach, CA
11/02/65 Hersheypark, Hershey, PA
03/22/66 Willow Grove Park, Wollow Grove, PA
04/25/66 Ocean World, Fort Lauderdale, FL
04/26/66 Ghost Town in the Glen, Moosic, PA
09/29/66 Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster, PA
04/11/67 Asbury Park, NJ
01/17/67 Ocean Pier, Daytona Beach, FL
04/28/69 Lakeview Amusement Park, Royersford, PA
01/08/71 Santa’s Workshop, Cascade, CO

And then from 1969 the Skyglider were installed by Hopkins directly:

1969
Paragon Park, Hull, MA - removed
Ohio State Fair - operating
Illinois State Fair - operating

1970
Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans, LA - relocated to Joyland Park

1971
Geauga Lake Park, Aurora, OH - removed
Milwaukee Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI - operating
Virginia State Fair - removed
Arizona State Fair - removed

1972
Olympic Park, Rochester, NY - relocated to Redbrush Park

1973
Mountain Park, Holyke, MA - removed
Marshall Hall Amusement Park, Bryans Roads, MD - removed

1974
Peony Park, Omaha, NE - removed
Riverview Park, Wisconsin Dells, WI - removed
Lagoon Park, Salt Lake City, UT - operating

1975
Iowa State Fair - operating

1976
Western Playland Amusement Park, El Paso, TX - relocated to the same park in NM
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, Calgary, AB (Canada) - operating

1977
Wonderland Amusement Center, Amarillo, TX - operating
Dade County Youth Fair, Miami, FL - operating
Southern California Expo, Del Mar, CA - removed

1978
Florida State Fair, Tampa, FL - operating
Waldameer Park, Erie, PA - operating
Bell's Amusement Park, Tulsa, OK - removed

1979
Cliff's Amusement Park, Albuquerque, NM - removed

1982
Parque Recreativo JM Romo, Aguascalientes, Mexico - unknown status

1983
Redbrush Park, Seymour, IN - removed

1984
Joyland Park, Lubbock, TX - removed

2006
Western Playland Amusement Park, Sunland Park, NM - operating

This post has been edited by sheave: Yesterday, 04:09 PM


#2 Lift Dinosaur

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Posted 10 August 2025 - 07:06 PM

Thanks, sheave!

This post has been edited by Lift Dinosaur: 10 August 2025 - 08:54 PM

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