Central Park Carousel

[dureel]

Does anyone have any information about why the carousel was created or know anything about the first carousel the park had? Thanks.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Of the two designers of Central Park, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, Ohmsted saw the project as a civic work. He called the area of the park containing the zoo, dairy, chess & checkers pavillion, and the carousel, the Children's District.

Fresh milk was diffiicult to obtain at that time, and the Dairy, now a visitor center, was built to distribute fresh milk to families.

The Carousel
http://history.amusement-parks.com/cpc.htm