Cedar Point History - 1890's

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1890

1890: Cedar Point opens for its 21st season.

1891

1891

Cedar Point opens for its 22nd season.

First electricity at Cedar Point.

1892

1892: Cedar Point opens for its 23rd season.
Sunday, 10 July 1892: The Switchback Railway opens. It is Cedar Point's first roller coaster.

1893

Thursday, 01 June 1893: Cedar Point opens for its 24th season.

1894

1894: Cedar Point opens for its 25th season.

1895

Wednesday, 29 May 1895: Cedar Point opens for its 26th season.

1896

1896: Cedar Point opens for its 27th season.

1897

1897

Cedar Point opens for its 28th season.

Cedar Point is sold to the Cedar Point Pleasure Resort & Company, headed by G. A. Boeckling, for $256,000.

1898

1898

G. A. Boeckling Company becomes president and general manager of Cedar Point Pleasure Company.

A new long cable swing opens, swinging guests out 30 feet over the water.

Bath houses are renovated.

8,000 new bathing suits purchased for use of swimmers.

Thursday, 05 May 1898

Cedar Point Pleasure Company grants Sandusky Telephone company the right to construct the first telephone line to Cedar Point.

Sunday, 29 May 1898

Cedar Point opens for 29th season.

1899

1899: New electric light plant is built. It furnishes light for 800 incandescent and 25 arc lights.
Monday, 15 May 1899: Bay Shore Hotel opens. It is Cedar Point's first hotel. The first guests were a party of 40 people from Pittsburgh who used the hotel for a couple of weeks before the resort opened.
Saturday, 27 May 1899: Cedar Point opens for 30th season.