Water Dodgems
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1880 - 1939
Blueprints of Plans and Elevations for Various Fairground Rides and Details, c1915 - 1949
Blueprints of Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides, c1887 - 1940
Design for No.1 Water Dodgem Buffers, 11 March 1928
Design for No.1 water dodgem buffers, showing the perimeter of the ride, stamped Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Burton on Trent. Pencil on paper.
No.1 Water Dodgem Elevations, c1930 - 1939
Elevations of principal and buffer sections for No.1 water dodgem, scale 3/4".
No.1 Water Dodgem Plan, c1920 - 1939
Floor plan with some notes, scale 3/8".
No.1 Water Dodgems Elevation, c1930 - 1939
Side elevation of No.1 water dodgems showing outside and poles, scale 3/4".
Orton and Spooner Collection
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.
Plans, c1916 - 1939
Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.
Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components, c1890 - 1939
Plans and drawings for ride mechanisms for organs, J. Collins big boats and scenic car axels and boxes, details of horizontal shaft and tee swift for juvenile roundabout, water dodgem drifters, W. Davis top motion gallopers, electric yacht bearings, break return ropes for whirlwind racer, floor bearers and sleepers, helter skelter washer plates, cotter bolts and pins.