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This beautiful carousel at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 for the World's Fair. Photo by Larry Pieniazek, dual licensed under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.

Two vying for carousel rights at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
This beautiful carousel at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 for the World's Fair. Photo by Larry Pieniazek, dual licensed under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.
This beautiful carousel at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 for the World’s Fair. Photo by Larry Pieniazek, dual licensed under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.

BALTIMORE (AP) – Two Maryland companies have submitted proposals to bring a carousel back to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Baltimore has been without a carousel since earlier this year when the city pulled the plug on its antique carousel operator. The operator, who ran the carousel for three decades, ran into financial difficulties.

The city asked for proposals to bring another family attraction to the space.

Charm City Carousel Entertainment of Stevensville is proposing a classic carousel ride with 30 animal figures and two chariots.

A competing proposal is by TC Amusements, a Severn company that maintains a carousel at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The group is pitching a slightly smaller carousel that could feature figures that represent the local area including a blue crab and a Baltimore oriole.

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This beautiful carousel at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 for the World's Fair. Photo by Larry Pieniazek, dual licensed under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.
This beautiful carousel at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 for the World’s Fair. Photo by Larry Pieniazek, dual licensed under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.