![]() ![]() Eli Bridge had 230 willing buyers, but could only satisfy about 25 for the 1956 season. By the end of 1955, 16 units were in operation. The first unit sold by Eli Bridge went to Funland Park in Miami, Florida, where it opened in 1955. The ride was displayed at several fairs in the fall of 1954, with the ride operating as a concession. However, the Eli Bridge Scrambler was listed in the ride survey in Billboard's Spring Issue in 1954, and the accompanying text indicates that it had been tested the previous fall. Eli Bridge obtained a design patent for the passenger carrier (US design patent D176569), but the mechanical improvements that Eli Bridge made to the ride design were never patented.Įli Bridge's website lists the Scrambler as their first non-ferris wheel ride, and dates it to 1955. Eli Bridge acquired or licensed the patent from Harris, but more than ten years elapsed before the ride went into production. Harris obtained a patent (US patent 2259691) in 1941. Two more units were built and sold by Harris around 1939-1940, with one going to Virginia Beach. The prototype was installed at Lakewood Fairgrounds, Atlanta, in 1938. ![]() ![]() The Scrambler was invented by Richard Hillman Harris of Georgia. It may not be the latest thrill today, but for a few years after it went into production, the Scrambler was one of the hottest rides. It is now one of the standard rides, like the ferris wheel or the merry-go-round. SCRAMBLER AND RELATED RIDESThe Scrambler is such a familiar ride at parks and carnivals that it doesn't get a lot of attention. ![]()
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