The 110-year-old carousel at Toronto’s Centreville Park has been sold by its owner, William Beasley Enterprises, to cover the cost of lost business this flooded summer of 2017. The carousel, much sought after by potential buyers, has fetched $3 million from the Indiana City of Carmel where it will decorate the renovated downtown next summer. As reported by the Star, the carousel was built by the Dentzel Company in 1907 and moved from Bushkill Park in Pennsylvania to Centre Island in 1966. It is reputed to have one of the widest varieties of hand-carved animals (52) including 20 menagerie animals, domestic cats, an ostrich, pigs and rabbits, creatures rarely seen on carousels now. Beasley says it will purchase a modern carousel at a much lower cost for use in 2018. The antique model will be in use on the island until November. Enjoy the 2010 ride with kids and parents seen here to the haunting music of Me And My Shadow (All Alone And Feeling Blue) by Billy Rose (composer) and Dave Dreyer (lyrics)
