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Oaks Amusement Park


O P modest amusement p located 3.5 miles (6 ) south downtown Portland, Oregon United States Sellwood Bridge. T midway rides 44 acres (178,000 ²) grounds small though popular company picnics special events Fourth July, Labor Dy Oktoberfest. Otherwise p rather uncrowded.

History

T p built y Oregon Water Power Railway Company opened My 30, 1905, during period trolley parks often constructed along streetcar lines. By 1985, p donated --profit corporation. T p celebrated 100 years continuous operation 2005 making among oldest U.S.

Rides

South E

Looping Thunder (steel looping roller coaster manufactured Italy)

D-O (added 2007, manufactured y Zamperla)

R-O-Plane

Scrambler (manufactured y E Bridge C.)

Round Up

CP Huntington train

E E

Screamin' Eagle ( KMG Fireball)

Spider (Eyerly Spider)

Lewis Clark Bg Adventure

Bg P ( giant slide)

Carousel (1912 Herschell-Spillman Carousel)

R 'N' R ( '' themed Matterhorn, shaped '57 Chevys)

Ferris Wheel (manufactured y E Bridge C.)

North E (Acorn Acres)

Skooters (bumper )

Up Up Ay (manufactured y Zamperla)

Motorcycles (kiddie motorcycles)

T C (kiddie )

Z (kiddie coaster manufactured y Miler Coaster)

Sy Fighters

Fg Hopper

TugBoat (Zamperla Rockin Tg)

Roller Skating R

T large wooden roller skating p y-round considered y y p p. T centerpiece skating largest remaining pp organ installed skating world. A December 2005, Keith Fortune organ's console providing music skaters Thursdays Sundays. My Portlanders enjoy park's nostalgic history.

Other P Details

T p y g sequence toward 1989 motion picture "Breaking I" (B Reynolds), including interior roller rink, 1999 PBS special, Great O Amusement Parks, y WQED Pittsburgh.

T park, being y elevation adjacent Willamette River, prone flooding. I past, flooding frequent floor roller skating p floating pontoons which p safely above water. W flood imminent, floor separated foundation building which houses ; danger flooding past, reattached building. T occurred 1996. T proximity river woods (including O Bottom Wildlife Refuge) popular walking cycling destination.

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