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Luna Park, Alexandria

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228: 83: 29: 220: 74:, Luna Park opened to the public in May 1906. It offered a variety of rides, performances, music, picnic grounds, and sports fields. While it was briefly popular, the park was never a financial success, and visitors dwindled over the years. A fire destroyed the roller coaster in 1915, and the park closed soon after. Many of the attractions were disassembled in 1918, though remains of the park persisted at the site for decades afterwards. Part of the former Luna Park is now occupied by Arlington County's sewage treatment facility. 185:
and adjacent roadway and trolley line. Prior to the Civil War, the area was known as "Swallow Hill" and later "The Wild Man's Cave" after the hermit who lived there for years. The area was already a popular picnic spot for residents. The park was built in a matter of months. In late January, laborers
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in New York, such as a diving horse and trained elephants. On the morning of August 21, 1906, four elephants from one such traveling show, Barlow's Elephants, escaped. Attempts to round them up were frustrated by the elephants stampeding after being frightened by local dogs. The escape caused a stir
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reported as the work of an unknown person, "evidently an eccentric." Interest from committees and clubs who wanted to use the new park for picnics and outings led to changes in the park's plans, and the construction of a larger picnic grove with a running track and partially-enclosed athletic field.
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on a progressive anti-corruption platform. Mackey ordered law enforcement to clear out the gambling resorts. After the police did nothing for several months, Mackey assembled, deputized, and armed 30 residents who marched through Jackson City, smashing up the gambling dens they found. This and other
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In the early afternoon of April 15, 1915, a fire destroyed the park's signature roller coaster. Dry weather had caused fires across the region, and the coaster fire may have started from burning brush in the neighboring woods. Prevailing winds and the coaster's relatively isolated location spared
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While the park's reservoir failed in July 1906 after heavy rains, the park was not damaged. Luna Park finished its first season in October with a series of events including a daredevil bicycle act and trapeze performance. It reopened in May 1907, featuring improvements including a skating rink and
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in the region, and the elephants left a trail of devastation. After failing to capture the elephants after a day of searching, Barlow offered a $ 500 bounty for the capture of any of the escapees. One was captured on the second day of the hunt, but subsequently broke loose again. The showman
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connected the park to the trolley system, making it a 12-minute rail trip from Washington, D.C. The Railway spent $ 200,000 to build the additional line and upgrade the nearby power house to handle Luna Park's artificial lighting. Water was supplied by a concrete reservoir built near
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While the park enjoyed initial popularity, it was never a profitable endeavor, and the electric railway made more money from train operations than the park itself. Washingtonians patronized closer resorts and parks instead, and the park saw a slow decline in attendance.
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facilities for 3,000 people, and an 8,000-seat arena to accommodate circuses, aerialists, and equestrian acts. A hospital provided free medical services to guests. In its opening season, the park featured a "photograph garage" where people could pose with the newfangled
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The park opened at 7 p.m. on May 28, 1906. The railway ordered 20 streetcars to service the route to the park every three minutes. The opening day program included musicians, dancers, jugglers, "comedy sheep", and stage actor John W. Ransome doing his impersonation of
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and anti-gambling crackdowns in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., the area filled with gambling dens and racetracks. Though the Virginia Assembly banned most forms of gambling in 1892, the laws remained unenforced in Jackson City, which became known as the
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for shares in the completed park. The cost of construction was reported as $ 350,000, but would ultimately rise to about $ 500,000 (equivalent to $ 16,956,000 in 2023), with $ 4,000 for paint alone. A "Luna Park Special"
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The entrance gates and a few buildings survived for decades, and traces of the park were evident as late as 1993. The Arlington County sewage treatment facility now covers part of the park's site near the intersection of
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and 20 miles south of Alexandria. Suggested causes of the elephants' stampede ranged from the thunder and lightning of a violent storm the night before the escape, to a deliberate release to garner publicity.
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The railroad company chartered a subsidiary, Washington Luna Park Company, on December 29, 1905. The park site consisted of an approximately 40-acre (16 ha) plot situated on an old farm, north of
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The site idled for years. Nineteen acres of the park site were listed for auction in 1917. The site's attractions were dismantled in early 1918, with some slated for reuse at other parks. In 1919,
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reported that New York businessmen were contemplating buying and refurbishing the park, but the park never reopened. Later that year, reports said the site was occupied by woods and brush.
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and illusion shows. A Luna Park brochure highlighted that visitors would not find low-brow "fat women, tattooed freaks or other distasteful features of the tented shows", while
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dropping 150 feet to the lagoon. The scenic river ride wound 2,200 feet through the park and featured ten "scene houses" featuring themes such as the Arctic, tropics, and
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the site, moving more than 60,000 cubic yards of earth. Workers accidentally discovered a series of manmade subterranean rooms on the site, including a library, which
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Local organizations, church, and clubs would have picnics and events at the park. In addition to concerts and plays, the Park also hosted air shows, such as
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In March, the builders invited representatives of lodges and social clubs to tour the park to attract their business, and in September the company offered
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Alexandria, 1894. Jackson City is at center top; the site that would be developed into Luna Park is the 50-acre plot of Edw. D. Crane, just north of
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of Luna Park, November 1907. The entrance and rail lines are to the right edge, with the rollercoaster at the top and attractions sprawling south.
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia for the Year Ending September 30, 1906
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on a hill. The park was initially managed by George E. Gill, with the company and a majority of its stock controlled by John W. Pittock.
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the rest of the park. But the disaster, on top of already precarious finances, forced the park to go out of business.
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Main entrance gates before opening, May 1906. The side of the gate housed offices and a telegraph and telephone booth.
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to design and operate Luna Park. Ingersoll had built some 40 other such parks; in 1905 and 1906 alone, these included
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attributed to the happy and orderly crowds to good management and the park's prohibition on alcohol.
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was known as Jackson City. The area was originally intended to be an industrial hub, but after the
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Luna Park (plays big dumb acts), Frederick Ingersoll, designer: Chas. J. Goodfellow, mgr.
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and a scenic river, were not yet complete. The park hosted over 30,000 visitors on
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Arlington Public Library: A Pictorial History of Arlington - Area H Neighborhoods
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Green, Eric (August 6, 2000). "Insider's Guide; The Scent of Fitness".
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in 1906. Fireworks shows and special events rounded out the offerings.
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Some sources give the total acreage of the park site up to 54 acres.
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to seek a new way to attract passengers. To that end, they hired
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Postcard advertising the "Shoot the Chutes" ride at Luna Park
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The entrance was topped by an Egyptian-styled tower with a
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Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
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described the park in 1908 as having "big dumb acts".
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For other amusement parks known by the same name, see
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was built for $ 500,000 in just three months by the
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Index

Luna Park

trolley park
Virginia
Arlington County
amusement park
Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
Frederick Ingersoll

Four Mile Run
Alexandria County, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Long Bridge
American Civil War
Monte Carlo
Crandal Mackey
Attorney General
St. Asaph Racetrack
Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway
Frederick Ingersoll
Indianola Park
Columbus, Ohio
Rocky Glen Park
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Luna Parks
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Scranton
Four Mile Run
Alexandria Canal

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