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West View Park was an early 20th-century American amusement park. It was located in West View, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh.〔(Isaly's West View - Food - Dining Reviews - Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh )〕 It was founded by Theodore M. (T. M.) Harton in 1906.〔(Amusement Parks - West View Park )〕 ==Overview== West View Park was located in West View Borough's valley on Perry Highway/U.S. 19. Northbound travelers on U.S. 19 experienced a sharp horseshoe curve before descending into the valley and into the park. It was also one of many trolley parks in the nation, accessible to Pittsburgh streetcar travelers via the #10 West View route. The streetcar tracks ran along Center Avenue () crossing U.S. Route 19 at the east end of the park and [alongside[ overlooking the large Dips wooden trestle roller coaster. When Pittsburgh native T. M. Harton (from the Shadyside region) bought the land in the West View valley, it was swampy. He dammed the stream and turned the swamp into a pond called Bellemere Lake, which was later renamed Lake Placid. West View Park made its grand opening on May 23, 1906. The first rides were a carousel, a mill chute ride called the "Mystic Chute," and a figure eight roller coaster. The rides were built by the T. M. Harton Company. Another attraction for the park's debut season was an open-air dance hall, the largest dance hall in western Pennsylvania at that time. The original Park layout also included a penny arcade, a pony track, and rowboats on the lake. In 1907 a Katzenjammer Castle funhouse and bandstand were added. Two years later, roller coaster designers Erwin and Edward Vettel developed a new innovation in coasters, and by 1910 the Dips was in operation. 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「West View Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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