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The Riverview Carousel at Six Flags Over Georgia is an antique
carousel A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (International English), or galloper (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are tradit ...
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Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags Over Georgia is a amusement park in Austell, Georgia, United States. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain following the original Six Flags Over Texas, which opened in 1961. Six Flags Over Georgia is one of t ...
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Austell, Georgia Austell is a city in Cobb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,713. History Game hunters and trappers frequently went through the area that is ...
. It was built in 1908 by the
Philadelphia Toboggan Company Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, it was established in 1904 by Henry B. Auchy and Chester Albright under the name Philadelphi ...
(PTC) as Carousel No. 17 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1995. It contains four wood-carved chariots and 69 wood-carved carousel horses arranged in five rows around the carousel's center. The Riverview Carousel is one of only four 5-row carousels built by PTC and one of only two that survive, the other being the
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel (formerly Cinderella's Golden Carousel) is a historic carousel attraction within the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, United States. It was originally built by the Philadelphia Toboggan ...
(PTC No. 46) in
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Bay Lake, Florida Bay Lake is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 29 at the 2020 census. It is named after a lake that lies east of Magic Kingdom. All four of the Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, and one of Walt Disney Worl ...
.


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Amusement rides on the National Register of Historic Places List of amusement rides, Amusement rides currently and previously listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are located throughout the United States. These ride listings consist mainly of 54 carousels (49 listed and 5 deli ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cobb County, Georgia This is a list of properties and historic district, districts in Cobb County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Current listings Former listing ...


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{{Reflist Amusement rides introduced in 1908 Buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state) Carousels on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Cobb County, Georgia