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Montreal, Quebec
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Children's World, "Old 99" Miniature Train
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1 slide photograph.
Exterior view photograph. Children riding the miniature train inside Children's World (lot D-528). Conceived as an amusement park for children, Children's World featured five rides, a puppet theatre, a restaurant and a toy shop. Among the major rides were a minature train called Old 99, a water raft ride and a minature roller coaster on Pumpkin Hill. Structural steel for restaurant and theatre, reinforced concrete for remaining buildings. Sheet glass and asbestos panels, canvas on steel frame and exposed concrete. (S:380' x 190' --- A: 70,000 sq. ft. (total), 5,500 sq. ft. (enclosed) --- H: 30' (restaurant), 20' (theatre))
Pavilion depicted: Children's World