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Over the Jumps Carousel

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
89002065

Architectural style
  
Carousel

Added to NRHP
  
1 December 1989

Over-the-Jumps Carousel

Location
  
Little Rock Zoo, Little Rock, Arkansas

The Over-the-Jumps Carousel, also known as the Herschell-Spillman Carousel is a historic carousel at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in the 1920s and first exhibited at the 1924 Arkansas State Fair, it is believed to be the last operating "over-the-jumps" carousel in the world, with an original undulating wooden platform mounted on a 1960s-vintage caterpillar drive. The horses were carved by the Allan Herschell Company. After many years of private ownership, the carousel was acquired by a local nonprofit group and donated to the zoo in 2007.

The carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Over-the-Jumps Carousel Wikipedia