Parachute Jump
The Parachute Jump is a 250-foot-tall, 170-short-ton open-frame, steel parachute tower. The ride was built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, also in New York City. Riders were belted into a two-person canvas seat, lifted to the top, and dropped. It ceased operations in the 1960s following the park’s closure, and the frame fell into...