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This is the roughly a little
bit south of where the station for the Comet roller coaster used
to be. The photo looks south, the Chicago River is
to the right and the Shoot-the-Chutes & carousel used to be down
the path, a little to the left. |
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These are two views of what is
left of the Shoot-the-Chutes. This is where the elevator
shaft was and the boats were lifted to the top of the tower while
still full. |
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This is one of the park's main
midways looking east. From here the river is a couple of
hundred feet to your back, the Chutes were to your left, the
carousel was to your right and the midway stretched all the way to
the front gate at Western Avenue. |
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This is roughly where the
center of the carousel
mechanism was. |
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The Bobs roller coaster
used to have its station near this location and ran back in the
direction of the photo. |
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This is Lane
Technical School. It opened in 1908, was
dedicated in 1909 and was often seen from many of Riverview's
rides. |
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This piece of artwork stands
in front of a police station that occupies the former grounds of
the park up to the corner of Western and Belmont. It is
entitled "Riverview" and was created by local artist
Jerry Peart in 1980. |
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The photo on the left shows
the where the park's main
gate used to stand. In the distance is the police
station and the intersection of Western and Belmont. The
shopping area is called Riverview Plaza. If not for the sign
you would not know that an amusement park stood here. |
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