I've been meaning to go to Cooperstown for other reasons (no, not the
baseball hall of fame). Perhaps I'll look it up if I get there.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/9/2010 12:44 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
> Not quite next door to you, and it's only one, and not antique, but there's
> a nice one at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown NY.
>
> <http://www.farmersmuseum.org/farmers/on_view/carousel_and_country_fair>
>
> Michael
>
> On 9/9/10 12:01 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> If you're into carousels you need to come to the triple cities area of
>> Binghamton/Johnson City/Endicott, NY which calls itself the carousel
>> capital of the world.
>>
>> "Greater Binghamton has the only carousel collection of this kind in the
>> world. Of the fewer than 150 antique carousels remaining in the United
>> States and Canada, six by Allen Herschell are in Greater Binghamton, New
>> York.
>>
>> Because of the uniqueness of these carousels and the incomparable
>> circumstances of their survival and existence, all six are placed on the
>> New York State Historic Register and the National Register of Historic
>> Places."
>>
>> See:<http://www.gobroomecounty.com/community/carousels>
>> <http://placeandmemory.org/index.php?title=The_Carousel_Capitol_of_the_World,_
>> Broome_County,_New_York>
>>
>> Sorry, not much in the way of pictures to be found on the web. Maybe I
>> should fix that. One of them is only about 1/2 mile from my house.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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