Early Years
Lincoln Park was originally built by this company in 1894 to incentivize weekend ridership and connect the neighboring cities of Fall River and New Bedford.
What is the Union Street Railway Company?
This fenced-in area near the front of Lincoln Park was designed with gentler, smaller-scale rides, exclusively for younger children.
What is Kiddieland?
In April 1986, a devastating fire broke out and destroyed this historic, landmark structure at Lincoln Park.
What is the Ballroom?
Beyond the high-speed thrills of the midway, Lincoln Park featured a tranquil water feature where visitors could glide across a small pond in this kind of vessel.
What is the swan boats?
The park closed on this date.
What are miniature fire engines?
Even when the outdoor roller coaster and midway rides were closed for the winter, generations of local youth and families still flocked to Lincoln Park for this popular indoor activity.
A two-story walk through attraction filled with moving floors and optical illusions.
What is the Funhouse?
This lead to the ultimate shutdown of the park in 1987.
Before it featured mechanical roller coasters and electrical thrill rides, this was the primary attraction that drew crowds to the site in the late 1980s.
What is a picnic grove and botanical garden?
A classic, smaller children's carousel featuring beautifully crafted figures and traditional cheerful music.
What is the carousel?
The Lincoln Park ballroom was renowned across southeastern mass for its dance and live acts. This musical style became a signature weekly tradition on Sunday afternoon.
What is the Polka and Big Band?
This was the most famous ride at the park, it was a 3,000 ft wooden coaster built in 1949. It reached speeds of 55 mph and a peak of 65 ft, serving as the park's flagship attraction.
What is the Comet?
This historic 1921 Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel (No. 54) was purchased for $250,000 to keep it local. This is the city where it is currently located.
What is the Battleship Cove in Fall River?
The early transit company deliberately built the park at the absolute end of their streetcar line for this reason.
What is to maximize the passenger fare collected per ride traveling from the cities?
This ride was added to the lineup in 1951, it was a scaled down alternative that gave younger thrill-seekers a taste of the big coaster, without the extreme drops.
What is the comet jr?
What is Duckpin Bowling?
This thrilling ride featured circular passenger cages suspended from a rotating arm that tumbled and inverted riders head-over-heels.
What is the Skydriver?
In the years following the 1987 closure, the vacant and decaying grounds became the target for vandals and urban explorers. This decade saw a series of suspicious arson fires that destroyed the remaining historic ballroom.
This family assumed control of Lincoln Park and guided its operations through its classic mid-20th-century decades of growth.
What is the Graham family?
A slow moving, whimsical train ride that paid homage to the park's early transit hours.
Beyond the rides and games, Lincoln Park was famous for hosting large summer group outings centered around this regional culinary specialty.
What is Rhode Island-style clambakes and fresh chowder?
What is the Monster?
This date was the final demolition of the park.
What is July 11th, 2012?