Ye Olde Mill

The canal for the Ye Olde Mill ride was 825 feet long, and riders would pass by a number of scenes, which were updated from year to year. Over the years, the scenes included an Inferno, a Japanese Flower Garden, pastoral scenes, an Indian camp, a Southern Cotton Field. the Rock of Ages, Niagara Falla, Eskimos in the Frozen North, Fish in an underwater garden, a Farm Yard and the Great Wall of China.

In the heart of the cavern was a hall, where a small orchestra played each day the park was open.

Life-like menagerie animals were included in the scenery. These animals were made of plaster and imported from Paris. The animals growled, shook their heads and moved, and appeared very life-like when viewed in the darkness of the ride.

Ye Olde Mill burned in June, 1918, and was torn down a week later. The Whip was put up in its place.

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