Imagine its 1903 and you are sauntering in your Sunday Best clothing enjoying a local Trolley Amusement Park in Jeanette unaware the park will see a very dark and terrifying tragedy about to happen to them
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When a sudden unexpected cloud burst would overflow and break the dam of Lake Placid which is one of the attractions of the park
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the park manager seeing water starting to rise in the park and flowing over the dam tried to get people to go to higher ground but it was too late for over 20 of them being swept away.
The park was destroyed but was quickly rebuilt in 1904 and lasted well into the 40s
and the swimming pool till the 80s. '
Today a gas station sits where Trolley Entrance was and an old garage across the street was the one time trolley shed.
and the park just a memory .
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