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Listen: The World ProgramView looking toward monorail at the Busch Gardens amusement park - Tampa, Florida.
Image Number
COM01252
Photographer
Fortune.
Date
1973
Date Note
Photographed in December 1973.
Rights
Collection
Department of Commerce collection
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF50
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF50
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Florida. - Division of Tourism.
Additional Creator
Florida. - Division of Tourism.
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
The monorail at Busch Gardens opened in 1966. The small suspended system operated boxy trains that used two propane fired, air cooled, aluminum Corvair engines per train to produce the AC power necessary for the electric motors.
View looking toward monorail at the Busch Gardens amusement park - Tampa, Florida.
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