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:previous: Very cool photograph, CityBoyDoug
I couldn't decide if the Rotor ebay pic was taken at night or if the whole contraption was inside a building. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/izyeWR.jpg Below: This detailed image from a postcard answered by question. It was, indeed, inside its own massive building. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/dSChkf.jpg eBay Larger than life tumbling women all over the exterior. (I just noticed there are a few tumbling men as well) If you look closely. . .the writing on the building appears to be "Max Myers presents Hoffmeister's ROTOR". P.S. Sorry your girlfriend threw up on you, Hollywood Graham. :( . |
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The Rotor, also known as the “Devil’s Hole”, was designed by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in the late 1940s and first demonstrated at Oktoberfest in 1949 before becoming popular at fairs throughout the rest of Europe and America during the 50s and 60s.The article has an interior shot labeled as Coney Island, but I don't know if that's where this Hoffmeister's Rotor was located. It's almost identical to the one The Pike. https://static.messynessychic.com/wp...6/12/rotor.jpg https://static.messynessychic.com/wp...6/12/rotor.jpg The site also has a view of the audience inside a rotor on at least five steeply stacked tiers. |
The trick to not getting sick as I remember was only to look at your fellow spinners because relative to you they weren't moving, if you made the mistake of looking up at the spectators, you would get dizzy almost instantly.
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Magic Mountain had Spin Out. It was there from when the park opened in 1971 until 2008.
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I don't think these two places are the same as this menu from Casa D'Amore shows it to be located at 1644 Cahuenga Blvd. and serving Pizza and Italian dishes, whereas Noir_Noir's neon sign info shows The Headliner serving spare ribs, chicken, steak and French Dips. [CLICK on the photo below to see the full menu and also what around 20 famous patrons have to say about the place! Also, they all spell his name Franklin...:shrug:] https://i1.wp.com/martinturnbull.com...pg?w=163&ssl=1Reddit |
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I wonder if the guy on the left is holding onto more than his friend's pants? There is a similar type of amusement park, fair grounds ride I remember riding frequently from a few decades ago. There's some youtube videos of one named Zero Gravity. The above video is watching it spin from outside. The video below was taken inside the ride. In my memory, the forces held you to the back of the ride, but these riders don't seem to be like that. :shrug: Wiki also has a page about a ride called The Gravitron: The Gravitron is an amusement ride, most commonly found as a portable ride at fairs and carnivals. The Gravitron first appeared at Morey's Piers, NJ, in 1983 and quickly became a fixture at amusement parks in many countries. It is a modification of an earlier ride called the Rotor. Among others, it also goes by these names: the Starship, Starship 2000, Starship Area 51, Starship Gravitron, Starship Exodus, Alien Abduction, Alien Invasion, Twister, Devil's Hole, Area 51, Flight To Mars, and Enterprise. Search youtube and there's plenty of videos of that one, too. |
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I wonder if the guy on the left is holding onto more than his friend's pants? Those two on the left do seem to be having the most fun! |
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Yes, Martin, I did notice that guy at the left in my photo was holding on to something in his friend's pants. Probably a candy bar he didn't want to fall out, as they were upside down. |
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They had a small version of the “Rotor” ride there, and I did exactly as you describe, quickstop. It didn't help. I didn't vomit (I almost never vomit, even when I have a severe flu), but I nearly passed out, got extremely dizzy and literally thought I was going to die. My girlfriend, on the other hand, was completely unscathed. It took me about 20 minutes after the ride before I could even stand up without falling over. My friends pretty much had to carry me out of the ride. Let's just say I HATED the experience and would never do it again. If you ever need to get information out of me, skip the waterboarding - just threaten to put me on the Rotor ride for sixty seconds. I'll tell you everything you want to know. |
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I "rode" the Spin Out at Magic Mountain probably a dozen times with no ill effects.
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odinthor reminded me there is a 'Rotor' scene Truffaut's 1959 film, The 400 Blows. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/mYu0UI.jpg IMDB https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/LxOgw8.jpg IMDB To get this shot I imagine Truffaut attached his movie camera to the center clyinder (fixed axis) that you see in the top photo. Thanks for the reminder, odinthor. :) . |
Here are two slides of Union Station taken in 1979.
I was in the station a few times in the 1980s but I don't recognize the following two interior spaces. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Vd8G1x.jpg eBay Is that an elevator bank? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/i7cQex.jpg eBay Luggage area? , |
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I happened to be reading about the Sisters of Charity school. The 1873 Ruxton survey shows it as a rectangle: https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/c...d/11821/rec/13 But this panoramic map dated 1871 shows it as "L" shaped: https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2b69p065/?brand=oac4 (also note the circular drawing in the lower right.) This 1877 panoramic map also shows it as "L" shaped: https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3d5nb4gh/?brand=oac4 |
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