Neon Log Flume sign was hard to miss from the boardwalk.
Log Flume was added in 1969. Hunt’s had to relocate the Keystone Kops and Whacky Shack rides. The pier had to be expanded as well. This ride would survive the change of pier owners many times until the winter of 2000 when Morey’s would donate the ride to a small park in Iowa. This section will capture the Hunt’s Pier Log Flume in it heyday.
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The pier needed to be slightly extended to accommodate the new Log Flume, October 1969 |
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The flume ride arrived in Wildwood by train in October, 1969 and was then loaded onto trucks |
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The rest of the flume arrives by train and construction begins, December, 1969 |
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The The concrete foundations are poured and by mid December the loading station is installed |
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A week later the loading station platform is being added, the main pool concrete walls are being poured, more channels are being installed, and the timbers that make up the structure arrive. |
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Late The top of the lift hill is being set in place and the drop is being assembled, late December |
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The lift hill is completed and the run out channel at the bottom of the hill is installed |
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Progress continues into January and the upright timbers that hold up the upper channels are being erected. |
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The log boats arrive during the middle of February by train and the first upper channel turn is being installed |
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The upper channel is finished and the chain fencing is added to the catwalks, end of February |
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