100 years ago...

[WillBCN]

Hi,

 

a few months ago some footage of Barcelona from the 1910's was discovered in Amsterdam.

 

This film is a documentary of Barcelona, used to promote the city and attract tourists from that age and, apparently, this wouldn't be related to theme parks and/or roller coasters.

 

However, in this film you can see the first amusement park in Spain, located next to the site where the Tibidabo lies today (see The Official "TPR Spain Trip 2007" Thread for more info).

 

This is the link to the website of a Spanish newspaper where you can watch part of this documentary --> Watch it Here.

 

If you skip the video until 6'20'' (unless you also want to see some images from Barcelona at the early 20th century, of course!), there you will see the amazing "Casino de l'Arrabassada" (now in ruins), with the first roller coaster and water ride in Spain!

 

It is really cool seeing how people, 100 years ago, also enjoyed their first (thrilling?) rides...

The coaster looks quite long (for that age, at least) and the water ride looks great! (Notice the clothes the passengers are wearing and the operator on the boat balancing it...!)

 

Well, I thought it might be interesting (at least for roller coaster fans).

 

Hope you like it!

 

Will

 

PS: I hope I posted it on the right place...!

[IceDragon]

That's pretty awesome!!! It shows how far we've progressed through rides... I'm sure the rollercoaster was pretty thrilling back then, but looking at it now, it looks so much fun!!!

[bgwfreak]

Wow! That's one of the most amazing things I've seen on the net in a long time.

 

I've never seen an old side-friction coaster (except of course Leap the Dips) in action back in the day.

 

The water ride looked "safe"...the guy in the back wasn't even seated yet and they released them!!!

 

Thanks!