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Hopkins Rides is an amusement ride manufacturer based in Palm City, Florida.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hopkinsrides.com/public/contact_us.cfm )〕 The company has had experience in amusement rides for over 45 years and currently specializes in water rides. ==History== In 1962 O.D. Hopkins incorporated Hopkins Engineering and started installing ski lifts for J.A. Roebling & Sons of Trenton, New Jersey. In 1965 Hopkins purchased the ski lift division and all the related assets from Roebling & Sons. Soon afterwards a competitor, Universal Design Ltd., discontinued manufacturing Sky Rides, and their customers turned to Hopkins Engineering for parts.〔 Hopkins' first customer in the amusement business was Charles Wood of Storytown USA. In 1971, the name of the company was changed to O.D. Hopkins Associates Inc. In 1979, Hopkins was approached by Paul Roads, owner of Wonderland Park (Texas), to build a reasonably-priced log flume for his park. The success of that project started Hopkins in the water ride manufacturing business.〔 In November, 2001, O.D. Hopkins and Associates Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection. The aerial ropeway/sky ride division was spun off to Skyfair, Inc. on January 1, 1986. The company reorganized and emerged as Hopkins Rides, LLC in May 2002, and was for a brief time in partnership with Reverchon Industries of France.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/O.D.+Hopkins+Building+on+the+Block.-a086471727 )〕 In August 2012, Hopkins Rides, LLC was acquired by water slide manufacturer WhiteWater West. The company will continue to operate as Hopkins Rides under the WhiteWater Attractions banner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hopkins Rides」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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