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Value of 1948 Arrow Development Co Cast Iron Carousel Horse
sapphire:
Trying to find a better pic of the carousel at Sesame Street Beach, Sea World....
talesofthesevenseas:
Yes it is definitely iron. Like a huge, cast iron frying pan. It weighs a ton. I once tore the cartilage in my knee bumping into it's hoof and had another close call when it came crashing down next to me during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989! (We've been through a lot together this horse and I!!)
I didn't know that Hershell-Spillman made aluminum horses, I can see that is how the Nat'l Carousel Assoc. got the info mixed up. Hershell-Spillman horses are known for their "Roman nose" horses, with the arched facial profile. You can really see it the photos at the link you posted.
I have seen the Arrow info. There are also some interesting articles on Morgan and Bacon, the two guys who founded Arrow at the end of WWII. There is also a book out (retails at $100!!!) called "Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers" all about the company. But I just saw that Amazon had a used copy priced at $24 so I grabbed it:
http://www.amazon.com/Roller-Coasters-Flumes-Flying-Saucers/dp/0965735354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279148034&sr=8-1
talesofthesevenseas:
That looks like the same model of horses, from what I can see, or something similar. Although Arrow Dynamics made it in 1981, I wonder if they used the same molds?
sapphire:
They just mention that the park opened in '81. I've run across several references to carousels being dismantled and moved to other parks, so possibly it is an older model. Have attached a larger (but not much better) pic.....only one I have found so far.
Possibly somewhere in the listings here you might also find someone/something that could help with answers.
http://www.carouselnews.com/BUYER-S-GUIDE/
Taken from main site ....... http://www.carouselnews.com/
How the heck do you move that sucker around with that weight?? :o (He sure puts my little wooden rocking horse to shame ;))
talesofthesevenseas:
Although I have picked him up by myself, it realistically takes two people, each holding onto the legs. He lifts up and the pole stays with him, but lifts up out of the base, which is cement and weighs a lot also. I don't move him around. He seems content to stay put in the hallway most of the time and doesn't gallop around too much, except when the moon is full. ;)
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