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12.00" x 9.00"
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0.88"
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17.50" x 14.50"
Coney Island Parachute Jump 01 Framed Print
by Jonathan Sabin
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Coney Island Parachute Jump 01 framed print by Jonathan Sabin. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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(From Wikipedia) The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains... more
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(From Wikipedia) The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains a Brooklyn landmark. 250 feet tall and weighing 170 tons, it has been called the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn".
It was originally built for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, and moved to its current site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park, in 1941. It is the only portion of Steeplechase Park still standing today. The ride ceased operations in 1964, when the park shut down for good.
The ride was based on functional parachutes which were held open by metal rings throughout the ascent and descent. Twelve cantilevered steel arms sprout from the top of the tower, each of which supported a parachute attached to a lift rope and a set of surrounding guide cables. Riders were belted into a two-person canvas seat hanging below the closed chute, then hoisted to the top, where a rel...
About Jonathan Sabin
Thank you for perusing my images! Please be aware that I have a significant archive of photos that are not here on FineArt America... but on Flickr, at www.flickr.com/jonathansabin. If there are any images on Flickr that interest you, please don't hesitate to send me a message and I will be more than happy to upload the file here to FAA in order to make it available for purchase. Thanks again! Jonathan
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