Rocket Slide Playground Equipment

I saw someone mention it on facebook the other day and i was astounded to hear that thing has survived all these years.

Rocket slide playground equipment.

Slide bed only. The playground equipment was dismantled despite the objections. Tons of rocker styles available including fire engines airplanes horses and dinosaurs including our newest digirider featuring our digifuse panels. He has a playground slide dating from the 1960s in his backyard.

Two seesaws and a snail shaped climber circa 1970s photographed in vandergrift pennsylvania in 2007. Remember when recess was fun and maybe a little dangerous with this look at forgotten playground favorites including monkey bars merry go rounds and more. Nels olsen a cedarburg software engineer travels throughout the midwest to visit and photograph vintage playground equipment. Two companies were noted for their military and space themed playground equipment.

The most fun piece of playground equipment of all time is the rocket slide at prospect park in huron sd. Founded by claude ahrens a pioneer in playground equipment design and manufacture and a pillar of the grinnell community. See more ideas about playground rocket playground equipment. A space age rocket themed playground set by miracle playground equipment introduced circa 1968 photographed in burlington colorado in 2009.

Spring riders available with coil springs add sproingy fun to any playground. Apr 15 2020 a tribute to an almost extinct playground classic. Constructed of heavy duty smooth plastic you can attach to an existing play set. Giganta and rocket slides are from the same company.

Blue or green. This rocket slide stays true to its name allowing riders to slide to the bottom like a speeding rocket. Miracle equipment company of grinnell iowa and jamison fantasy equipment of los angeles california which manufactured a moon rocket nautilus submarine and space slide. Slide being removed from edmond rocket ship playground equipment over safety concerns news.

It seemed like all. Meaning they will have to remove the slide portion of the playground equipment. Today s playgrounds are a far cry from the ones that parents and grandparents played on and some favorite playground equipment has vanished for good. According to the ahrens family foundation website miracle equipment was the largest playground manufacturer in the world in the 1980 s.

Rocket slide by nels olsen.