Steel Pier

39.3575 - 74.419Koordinaten: 39 ° 21 ' 27 " N, 74 ° 25' 8.4" W

Steel Pier is an American theme park on a long pier in Atlantic City.

History

Steel Pier was opened in 1898. The $ 200,000 expensive building at the northern end of the Boardwalk at the confluence of the Virginia Avenue was initially 1621 feet long and was later extended to 2000 feet. Steel Pier quickly became one of the most famous amusement parks in the United States. Its heyday was Steel Pier in the 1920s to the 1950s. Among other things, tightrope were presented with the bike and the diving horses of Carver show there; In addition, there were four theaters, the preconceived total of 12,000 visitors, and attractions such as the " human cannonball ", the post -seater Alvin Kelly, who set a world record in the amusement park, performances by Johnny Weissmuller, demonstrations with Pallenberg Bears and numerous other attractions. Many were by George Hamid, who from 1925 worked on Steel Pier and the construction in 1945 bought, designed and dedicated. Previously, Steel Pier had heard among others Frank Gravatt, who in 1930 bought the plant for two million dollars.

The individual attractions, including the performances of many Stars tasted the visitors about the once to be paid entrance fee, nothing. Until well into the 20th century, African Americans access to the Steel Pier was denied - they were not allowed to act as workers in appearance there.

Decline

1962, a part of the amusement park was heavily damaged by a flood in 1970 went to the Marine Ballroom in flames. 1973 sold Hamid Junior the Vergnüngungspark Sonny Goldberg and Milt Neustadter. The operation was no longer profitable to this point already and 1976 was the amusement park, had gone out of fashion, is closed. 1978 Steel Pier went into the possession of Resorts International. 1982 was the construction of a fire victim. After he was funded by the Trump empire that had taken over 1987 Resorts International, rebuilt, Anthony, Charles, William and Joseph Catanoso brothers and Taft Johnson and Edward Olwell designed in 1993 an amusement park on Steel Pier. They first signed a five-year contract and began operation with 14 rides. They sat there, in part on the appeal of nostalgic design and led in 1993 even briefly again one of the former main attractions of a jump tower diving horses again, but animal rights activists called on the scene and was finished quickly.

Although the new building bears the old name, but is made of concrete and is only half as long as its predecessor.

Musical

1933 came out a musical titled Steel Pier.