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| Title: | Clipper Cove, Pleasure Island, 1959 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department. |
| Authors: | Pleasure Island (Wakefield, Mass.).
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.). |
| Issue Date: |
2004 |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, |
| Abstract: | "Among the first sights to see at Pleasure Island was Clipper Cove, a reproduction of a 150-year old New England fishing village, the place from which visitors reached two of the park's most popular attractions, the Wreck of the Hesperus and the Moby Dick ride. After entering Pleasure Island, visitors passed through the crescent-shaped entrance to Clipper Cove that was outlined with barnacle-crusted anchors. According to news reports, the same lamplights that once lined Boston streets framed the sidewalks of the fishing village. A lighthouse cast its beacon on the manmade inland sea that engineers created to accommodate the porpoises, sharks, sea turtles and the 75-foot animated Moby Dick. Authentic whale boats made in Maine took riders on their journey to find Moby Dick. Over 250 craftsmen transformed the 80-acre swampland into a family amusement center in a record time of four months, beginning in February 1959. Pleasure Island opened in June 1959 and closed in 1968. C.V. Wood, Jr., the former vice president and general manager of Disneyland, Inc. during its first year, spearheaded the team that researched, designed and developed Pleasure Island." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio. |
| Description: | Photo courtesy of the Friends of Pleasure Island.
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| Subject: | Pleasure Island (Wakefield, Mass.).
Amusement parks Massachusetts Wakefield. |
| Appears in Collections: | Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department Calendars
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