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Ghost Ship Fire (1)

June 19, 1975

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Ghost Ship Fire (1)
  • Title
  • Ghost Ship Fire (1)
  • Creator
  • The Daily News (McKeesport, Pa.)
  • Date
  • June 19, 1975
  • Identifier
  • 20201207-hswp-0120
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_141_B064_F12_I07
  • Description
  • Fire fighters and Kennywood workers congregate to extinguish fire ravaging the Ghost Ship. The fire destroyed the ride and several other nearby attractions. The Ghost Ship was the final of four themed dark rides to occupy the old Dance Hall building, constructed in 1898.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Amusement rides.
    Amusement parks--Pennsylvania.
    Kennywood Park (Pa.).
    Dark rides.
    Fires.
    Fire fighters
  • Source
  • Kennywood Park Records, 1895-2018, MSS 141, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Kennywood Park Records
  • Rights Information
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