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Article: Carousel twirls again after restoration
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 8, 2005
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WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. -- It took nearly eight months, 14-hour days,
dozens of cans of brightly colored paint and workers from coast to
coast to take on one of the biggest jobs at a historic landmark in
western Pennsylvania.
For the first time in its history, the 1926 wooden carousel at
Kennywood amusement park was painstakingly disassembled this winter
and cleaned. Each piece was repaired, painted and reassembled in time
for Saturday's opening to the public.
That's 64 horses, a lion, a tiger, four chariots and dozens of
jesters and flowers -- all intricately carved of wood and painted in
detail, in many cases with small artist's brushes. The carousel is
suspended above the ground and everything ...