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the Haight, between Cole and Clayton Streets there was the Paul
Boynton Chute Company's amusement park that operated from 1895
until 1902. The owner and developer of the Chutes amusement
park was Charles Ackerman, who was an attorney for the Southern
Pacific and the Market Street and Sutter Street railroads. The
main highlight of the park was "The Chutes," which
was an inclined trestle track that was 300 feet long and rose
70 feet above the ground. There were two-car tracks that took
passengers to a room at the top of the slides where they would
get on boats for a return ride down to an artificial lake that
was built for it. In the amusement park, there was scenic railway
as well as a merry-go-round and many more carnival like attractions.
Ackerman as well as having all of that entertainment he operated
a 3500 seat theatre within the complex. The Chutes were dismantled
and reconstructed further out on Fulton Street, between 10th
and 11th Avenues. The lake on the south side of Haight was drained,
and Belvedere Street was extended from Waller to Haight. |
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