Antique Carousel Donated To Seattle Zoo

Sat., Dec. 9, 2000

From Staff

A Seattle couple has donated an antique carousel to Woodland Park Zoo.

The 82-year-old carousel featuring 48 intricately hand-carved horses could make its debut late next year.

It will be housed in a planned $1.5 million building on the zoo’s north meadow. The building is part of a fund-raising drive by the Woodland Park Zoological Society.

Longtime carousel preservationists Tom and Linda Allen donated the 50-foot-diameter carousel, which is valued at $1 million. It was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., a well-known carousel maker, in 1918 for the Cincinnati Zoo.

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