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Description
This is another Old Mill style boat dark ride located at a US fairgrounds. As with the Iowa and Minnesota State Fair Old Mills, this ride is only operational during the period of the fair.
History
Ye Old Mill opened in 1915, and there have been multiple rethemes and rehabs to the ride since. Painted murals in the ride circa 2019 indicate that the most recent undertaking was done by inmates at a local prison (Hutchinson Correctional Facility; 2005). Per the State Fair's website (https://www.kansasstatefair.com/p/plan-your-visit1/history-of-the-fair/1913-1922), the ride was designed by John Keenan Jr. and approval for the attraction was in early 1915.
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Seats per vehicle8 seats