Lost Parks of Northern California: Luna Park

Calling all history fanatics: the Northern California Region of American Coaster Enthusiasts is back with the second installment in the Lost Parks of Northern California documentary series that covers the 12 lost amusement parks of the northern California region.

This episode covers San Jose’s Luna Park, a little-known park that operated from 1910 to around 1921. The park featured a scenic railway with a top speed of 25 mph, quite exciting for a scenic railway.

Watch the documentary below:

I am really enjoying this series. Kudos to Kris Rowberry of Great American Thrills and everyone else involved with this series. As seen in the video, digging up information on these long gone parks is not easy.

We’ll let you know when the next installment is released.

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Aug 13, 2013 by John Stevenson Videos 0

John Stevenson

John Stevenson founded Coaster101 in 2005 and travels across the country visiting theme parks and riding roller coasters. In addition to blogging, he's a published author, having written a history book about his hometown amusement park, Libertyland, which was the home of Elvis Presley's favorite roller coaster. John currently lives in Nashville and considers Dollywood his "home away from home" park.