Spanish Fort, Parking Lot and Big Dipper Roller Coaster (Scenic Railway)
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Title
Spanish Fort, Parking Lot and Big Dipper Roller Coaster (Scenic Railway)
Description
Exterior view of Spanish Fort Park, showing a fee-based parking lot and the Big Dipper roller coaster (also known as Big Dipper scenic railway). The New Orleans Roller Coaster Company built the Big Dipper in 1921 at a cost of $50,000. The ride debuted in 1922.
Creator
Charles L. Franck (photographer) and Nancy Ewing Miner (photographic printmaker)
Source
Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.325.6362
Date
1921 - 1923
Rights
Use with the permission and discresion of the source
Collection
Citation
Charles L. Franck (photographer) and Nancy Ewing Miner (photographic printmaker), “Spanish Fort, Parking Lot and Big Dipper Roller Coaster (Scenic Railway),” GNOArch: The Archaeology of the Greater New Orleans Area, accessed October 22, 2026, https://gnoarch.com/items/show/786.
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