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and moved several times. Since 2009, it has been in storage in Portland, Oregon. It measured in diameter and has a center pole. It had 56 jumping horses carved from basswood in four rows. ''See also:'' The carousel was originally set up at

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. In 1917, after the park had been closed for several years, the carousel moved to the new Summit Beach Amusement Park in

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. In 1958, Summit Beach closed and the carousel moved to State Fair Park in

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, and later to DandiLion Park in

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, where it remained until the park closed in 1976. In 1986, it was moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, for Expo '86. In 1990, the carousel was moved to the

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. In 1998, The carousel was moved and reinstalled one last time in 1998 to the newly opened

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. In May 2009, mall management announced that the carousel would be disassembled and removed by June 14, 2009.PALISADES CENTER REPLACES HISTORIC CAROUSEL - New York Post - August 27, 2009
/ref> In fall 2009, the carousel was replaced with a modern, two-floor, Venetian carousel made by Bertazzon of Italy and owned by Island Carousels. The carousel was added to the

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in 1979, removed in 1984 when it was moved outside the United States, and readded in 2001.

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Carousels on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Carousel Number 15 Amusement rides introduced in 1907 Buildings and structures in Rockland County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York {{RocklandCountyNY-NRHP-stub