Space City USA was a planned theme park near
Huntsville, Alabama. Located adjacent to
Lady Ann Lake
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between Huntsville and
Decatur, the $5 million (at the time) project was planned starting in 1959 as "Time World". Construction began in 1963 but the project was abandoned three years later, before the park could be opened.
(The park property is now inside the
Madison and Huntsville city limits.) Built around a space travel theme, popular at the time, theming also included "Lost World" with dinosaur models, a simulated moon colony, a "Land of Oz", and an Old South section.
References
External links
Huntsville Rewound feature about Space City U.S.A.Space City Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections
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Huntsville, Alabama
Amusement parks in Alabama
Defunct amusement parks in the United States
1961 establishments in Alabama
1964 disestablishments in Alabama
Outer space in amusement parks