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    Note: Batman's cape caught in door
     
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    Back when "aero" was only for aviators and black socks n shorts were cool. Hey, my grand dad still dresses like that! Gary

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    Coastal defense. Remember the giant guns and casements the Germans built on the French coast line? These guns were often stored out of sight and traveled on a circular track, so aiming wasn't as hard as it seems. Being on the receiving end was pretty bad, however. Gary

    As an afterthought, these guns might have also been used for R&D or calibration at places like Dahlgren, VA. Possibly for battleship barrels?
     
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    The cup & saucer ride had the wheel in the center that you spun to make the cup spin -

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    This is a Tilt-A-Whirl. Thanks, Denver Post, for solving the mystery. :)
    In my foggy memory, that other ride seemed to have "Sky" in its name.
    Sky Swing, maybe? :confused: I seem to recall that a lot of the amusement park
    rides went by more than one name, maybe to help differentiate the off-
    erings of one carnival from another? The Loop-O-Plane with a twist
    added might then be called the Roll-O-Plane. But the Roll-O-Plane was
    sometimes also called The Bullet.:eek: One of the few remaining Roll-O-
    Planes is at Knoebel's Amusement Resort, and goes by the name "Sat-
    ellite." Half of the appeal of names, IMO, was as ad ploys to capture the
    imagination and get you to let go of a quarter or two! ;) The other half
    seemed to embody a DARE. You asked yourself if you had the nads to
    ride that SOB, right? :eek: Didn't matter WHAT it was, 'cause you were
    gonna ride it:cool:, so your buddies or girls wouldn't think you were a (fill
    in your own favorite term of derision! :D LOL.)

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    Thanks EVERYBODY for the discussion of old-timey
    amusement park rides (a few of which are still around,
    not all).

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    Sorry this pic isn't bigger! The small presentation doesn't
    do such an impressive shot justice. Photo taken in 1950
    of Coney Island as seen from the parachute jump. The para-
    chute jump was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair in
    Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, and moved to its current
    site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park,
    in 1941. It is the only portion of Steeplechase Park still
    standing today. The ride ceased operations in 1968. Looks
    like the source site, PhotographsofOldAmerica, is target rich
    with nostalgia and vintage amusement-park shots and info!
    www.photosofoldamerica.com/index.cfm/Brooklyn_Ellis_
    Island-Con.. They are for profit and have been in business
    since 1978. SO, I'll just show this one pic as a SAMPLE of
    what they have for sale.
     
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    Some shots of the Sakonnet River Bridge under construction in '53 / '54 (Portsmouth / Tiverton, RI) - this bridge is currently being replaced -

    Cool construction shots, and some cool cars in the pictures.
     

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    Thanks to all for the responses, glad to hear I'm not the onliest one who kinda didn't like those rides. But what memories! Just had to be careful where ya stepped when around those dizzying rides - or as Butch27 called 'em - Tilt-&-Hurl. . .:eek:

     
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    From Navy.mil website:

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    "Long range German artillery was quite effective during World War I, especially in Belgium where it put allied port operations at risk. The so-called Leugenboom guns bombarded allied channel ports from a range of 24 miles during the period from April 1915 until the Germans withdrew in 1918. Allied counter fires were insufficient in range to counter this threat. After considering this problem, the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, recommended to the Chief of Naval Operations mounting naval 14-inch guns along the coast in a letter dated 12 November 1917.<sup>30</sup> Two weeks later the Navy Department approved construction of five batteries and as well as a command train.
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    Railroad Battery in the Washington Navy Yard.

    The Naval Gun Factory (now the Washington Navy Yard in south east Washington, DC) was directed to develop the gun. The naval railway batteries had to be self-sufficient. This meant design not only of a gun mounting but also mobile headquarters cars, machine shops, ammunition carriers, cranes, barracks cars, etc. Standard drawings were ready by January 1918 and sent to bid. Baldwin Locomotive Works received the award for the gun mount cars. The remainder of the battery cars was awarded to Standard Steel Car Company, which furnished locomotives, ammunition, headquarters, kitchen, fuel, workshop, staff, radio, construction, office, and workshop cars. Baldwin completed the first railway gun mount 72 days after the contract was awarded. Design to delivery took only four months, a remarkable achievement! Captain, later Rear Admiral, C.P. Plunkett was assigned as the commanding officer of the United States railroad batteries. Word about the project leaked out and over 20,000 Navy officers and men volunteered for the 334 billets involved.

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    14-inch naval railway gun firing at Thierville, France, 1918.

    The original plans envisioned shipping the guns on British ships to the English Channel ports where they would support the British Army. When the Germans threatened the British ports, the plans were changed. The Navy consulted US Army commander, General Pershing, and he requested immediate delivery of the gun trains. Drafts of Navy personnel began sailing on 26 May. The Navy cargo ship USS Newport News picked up the first delivery of rolling stock and other material on 20 June. By 20 August, the first two railway gun trains completed assembly and left St Nazaire, France, following personal inspection by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    " It was apparent from the beginning that the...naval guns were wanted all along the front.”<sup>31</sup> Batteries 3, 4, and 5 generally operated in support of the US Army while Batteries 1 and 2 supported the French. They were in combat operations from 6 September when Battery 2, located in the Compiègne Forest, commenced firing against targets at the German held railroad center at Terginer until the end of the war. Batteries 4 and 5, firing at German targets in Longuyon from positions near Thierville, conducted the last Navy railway battery combat operation. Battery 4 fired the last railroad battery round of the war at 10:57:20 a.m. 11 November 1918. It was timed to land just before the armistice commenced. In all, 872 14-inch shells were expended.

    The Navy guns were the largest active on the allied front and were able to target airfields, rail yards, troop centers, and other installations that allied artillery heretofore had been unable to reach.<sup>32</sup> The method of employment generally was to engage troop and rail centers in conjunction with army assaults. Navy fires began several hours after the allied assault in order to catch enemy reinforcements and ammunition being moved up in support of the defenses. In conducting these deliberate fires, the batteries received counter-battery fire. Three engineers attached to Battery 1 were killed at Sissons. Five non-detachment personnel attached to Battery 4 were killed by return fire at Charney. At Verdun, Batteries 3, 4, and 5 were subject to furious counter fire, with German shells landing within 30 feet of the batteries and the guns' armor being hit by shell fragments. Three Battery 4 Navy personnel, one of whom subsequently died, were seriously wounded. The headquarters and a berthing car were derailed.<sup>33 "


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