Joy wheel
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Amusement ride
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Blueprints of Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides, c1887 - 1940
Sub-Series
Reference code: 178M15.30
Scope and Contents
Plans and sketches for fairground rides including Electric Yacht, arrangement of juvenile roundabouts, arrangement of No.3 Gem Roundabout, details of platforms and platform rods, Yo-Yo section and pay box, cut outs of sample car, P. Collins Joy Tubes, No.1 Water Dodgems, chimney and rafter, compensation track for scenic, Devil’s Disc section through centre, Devil’s Disc (Joy Wheel) ground plan, Straight slide extension for Arthur Holland, Helter Skelter as Proctor’s, No.2 Race track John...
Dates:
c1887 - 1940
Original Artwork, c1900 - 1929
Series
Reference code: 178V10
Scope and Contents
Drawings and designs used for the decoration of fairground rides.
Dates:
c1900 - 1929
Orton and Spooner Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Dates:
c1870 - 1969
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Plans, c1916 - 1939
Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents
Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.
Dates:
c1916 - 1939