Dreamland's Junior Whip is the last surviving original in the UK. The Junior Whip
opened at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1927 as the Fairy Whip. It was believed to
have been originally located in Bingle & Bob's, the children's park set up that same
year between the Jack 'n Jill Slide and the Scenic Railway. In 1934, the ride was
moved to Emberton's Kiddies Park where it was located immediately south of the
Zipper Dipper. It operated until 2008, in recent years as Griffin's Magic Dragon, and
in 2009 it was dismantled and moved to Dreamland Margate.
The Corbiere Wheel is the creation of French engineer, Henri Corbiere, built
around 1956. This veteran Ferris Wheel is the only ride in the world to have a
spherical motion. In other words the whole wheel revolves around its base as its
gondolas travel in a spiral path describing a sphere through space. Now in its golden
age this state of the art design had its passengers spellbound by the unique sensation of
its double action.
The Corbie re Wheel, the last surviving wheel of its type.
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