Negative-G Lake Compounce 2009 Page Nine

Lake Compounce
Bristol Connecticut
August 1, 2009
Page Nine

Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut

After riding Boulder Dash and Wildcat Paul, Kevin and Brian wanted to camp out on Boulder Dash while Corey, Ken and I wanted to hop on the sky ride. So we split up. The Sky Ride is far down past Boulder Dash's turnaround and the easiest way to get there is to hop on the Lakeside Trolley.

Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut

The Lakeside Trolley isn't just some ride bit is an actual classic trolley.

Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut

This a nice homage to Lake Compounce's past as like many amusement parks early in the 19th century sat at the end of a trolley line.

Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut

The reason trolley companies liked amusement parks, and even owned some was that nights and weekends were slow times for trolley companies and peak times for amusement parks. So serving an amusement park like Lake Compounce brought riders to slow times.