Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1880 - 1939
Scope and Contents
Plans and elevation drawings for various fairground rides, including No.64 Ark, No.52, No.54 Dodgems, No.1 Water Dodgem, Whirlwind racer design and electrical diagram, Yo-Yo centre drum, Swings, Joy Wheel, track for Gymnastic railway for East Coast Amusements, Ghost Train, Scenic No.1, commercial development on Burton-upon-Trent, Wall of Death, No.3 Monorail, No.8 Ghost train, Auto Skooter for Blackpool Olympia, Anderton and Rowland’s Dodgem’s carrier, No.45 Ark pay box, Codona’s Noah’s Ark pay box, Murphy’s No.45 Ark, No.42, No.48 Arks, Opera House Burton-on-Trent.
Dates
- Creation: c1880 - 1939
Creator
- George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) (Organisation)
- Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) (Organisation)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Codona (Established c1790) (Organisation)
- J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) (Organisation)
- Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) (Person)
- Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 (Person)
- Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) (Organisation)
- Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
76 Item(s) ; Various sizes
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Cultural context
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
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