Twelve cantilevered steel arms sprout from the top of the tower, each of which supported a parachute attached to a lift rope and a set of surrounding guide cables. The ride was based on functional parachutes which were held open by metal rings throughout the ascent and descent. It is the only portion of Steeplechase Park still standing today. It was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, and moved to its current site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park, in 1941. 262 feet (80 m) tall and weighing 170 tons (150 tonnes), it has been called the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn". The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains a Brooklyn landmark. Here is some information about this ride (which by the way had a 100% safety record while it was in operation): The chutes would be pulled to the top and them released to free fall to the bottom (of course the edges were tethered by cables, but the entire ride was in free fall) Here is a couple of stills (one is a painting).Īnd a vintage clip of the ride in operation. Could someone possbibly make the Parachute Jump from Coney Island.
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