This CTEC sky ride opened in 1993 and is now one of two chairlifts operating at the annual Los Angeles County Fair.Lift line with towers up to 65 feet tall.This lift also travels to the San Diego County Fair each spring.Lift line.Tower 4.The ride’s operator is Ray Cammack Shows, Inc.Another view of the lift line.The drive terminal is a standard Sprint model.Drive terminal with hydraulic tensioning.Motor room and loading area.Riding south.Over the midway.The northern end of the lift.Tower 3.Middle part of the lift line.T2.The return bullwheel features a rotating sign.Tower 1.Riding north.A CTEC tower head.Chair with lockable restraint bar.Tower 5.Descending into the drive terminal.Lift line overview.Tri leg terminal.Return terminal overview.Loading area at the southern station.
These lifts are scenic lifts, meant for viewing things off to the side. Compared to ski resort chairlifts, where moving people uphill is their main function and sightseeing is a byproduct.
Those restraint bars are unlike any I’ve ever seen on a CTEC lift before. That being said, I do remember seeing a picture of that style in a CTEC catalog once… The catalog indicated that they were specifically for amusement park/sightseeing lifts.
And I quote from the third picture abov…“This lift also travels to the San Diego County Fair each spring.”
They move this entire lift back and forth between County Fairs each year? Meaning, take it down, load it on trucks, and rebuild it again, TWICE each year!?
It’s this lift: https://liftblog.com/sky-ride-orange-county-fair-ca/
Travels to Arizona State Fair, Orange County Fair and LA Fair. I generally don’t photograph the same lift multiple times if it moves back and forth every year.
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Why do lifts at carnivals always seem so tall?
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These lifts are scenic lifts, meant for viewing things off to the side. Compared to ski resort chairlifts, where moving people uphill is their main function and sightseeing is a byproduct.
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Yeah, although the people who are riding them generally would be wary of the fact they’ve probably never been on a chairlift and they are very high up
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Those restraint bars are unlike any I’ve ever seen on a CTEC lift before. That being said, I do remember seeing a picture of that style in a CTEC catalog once… The catalog indicated that they were specifically for amusement park/sightseeing lifts.
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In one of the photos, the ferris wheel’s cabins looked like ski lift gondolas.
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That’s because they are CWA cabins.
https://www.cwa.ch/en/portfolio/specials/
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And I quote from the third picture abov…“This lift also travels to the San Diego County Fair each spring.”
They move this entire lift back and forth between County Fairs each year? Meaning, take it down, load it on trucks, and rebuild it again, TWICE each year!?
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Will there be a page for the other skyride here in the future?
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It’s this lift: https://liftblog.com/sky-ride-orange-county-fair-ca/
Travels to Arizona State Fair, Orange County Fair and LA Fair. I generally don’t photograph the same lift multiple times if it moves back and forth every year.
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Thanks!
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