Gidan shakatawa na Riverside (Guelph)

**Wurin shakatawa na Riverside Park** wani wurin shakatawa ne mai fadin eka 80 (kadada 32) wanda ke kusa da arewacin Titin Woolwich a Guelph, Ontario, Kanada .  An gina shi ne a kusa da wani ɓangare na Kogin Speed wanda ke ratsa ta Guelph.

## Tarihi
An buɗe wurin shakatawa na Riverside Park a shekarar 1905, wanda ya kai fadin eka 14.5. Ci gabansa yana da alaƙa da tsarin motocin titi na Guelph da aka daina amfani da su yanzu. Wurin shakatawa ya tsaya ne a kan ɗaya daga cikin layin jirgin ƙasa na Guelph Radial Railway (wanda ya riga ya zama tsarin sufuri na Guelph na zamani  ), kuma kamfanin ya gudanar da gasa a shekarar 1905 don sanya wa sabon wurin jan hankali suna. Sunan "Riverside Park", daga kusancin wurin da Speed River, shine zaɓin da ya yi nasara. 

An ƙarfafa birnin da ya buɗe babban wurin shakatawa ta hannun fitaccen ɗan ƙasa James Walter Lyon, wani ɓangare don ƙara yawan motocin da ke aiki a kan titi. Gidan mallakar kamfanin ne mai zaman kansa a matsayin Lace Farm har sai da birnin ya saya kuma ya gyara shi. Shirin ya yi nasara ga layin dogo mai faɗi. A farkon zamanin, wurin shakatawa ya haɗa da "ginin ice-cream, wurin tsayawar rawa, lilo, da gidan namun daji" bisa ga bayanai kuma an ƙarfafa yin iyo a bainar jama'a tsakanin jinsi biyu. An gina ɗakunan miya. 

Tun daga kafuwar wurin shakatawar, yankin ya faɗaɗa zuwa eka 80, tare da fasaloli da yawa a wurin kuma ya zama abin tarihi da jan hankali a birnin.

## Siffofi

### Tsohuwar Carousel
Carousel ɗin da aka gina bisa tsarin aiki (kimanin 1919) wanda Allan Herschell ya tsara a Riverside Park ya ƙunshi layuka 3 da suka ƙunshi dabbobin dabbobi guda 2 (watau alade da zakara) da kuma dawakai masu tsalle 28. Carousel guda huɗu na karusa suna da faɗi daidai tsakanin dawakai da dabbobi. Wannan carousel ɗin yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan carousel na katako da suka rage a Kanada da Amurka domin akwai 148 kacal a raye.  Birnin Guelph ya saye shi daga Conklin Garrett tafiye-tafiye na nishaɗi (Brantford) a shekarar 1970 akan $6000. Ya ci gaba da aiki har zuwa 1976 lokacin da aka rufe shi na tsawon shekaru uku saboda lalacewa. A shekarar 1979, ya sake buɗewa bayan wani kamfen a shekarar 1976 wanda lauya John Valeriote da mai zane na gida Ken Danby suka jagoranta don ceton carousel ɗin. Gyara da gyare-gyare da yawa a tsawon shekaru sun taimaka wajen ci gaba da aiki da carousel ɗin.  Tsawon shekaru, an wargaza carousel ɗin gaba ɗaya kafin watannin hunturu har zuwa 1999 lokacin da aka gina wani gini na dindindin, gami da zane mai bango da mai zane na gida, Greg Elliott ya zana shekaru 3 bayan haka. Hoton yana aiki daga tsakiyar watan Mayu zuwa tsakiyar Oktoba akan ƙaramin kuɗin shiga.

### Ƙaramin Jirgin Ƙasa
Jirgin "Riverside Express" (kimanin 1964) ƙaramin jirgin ƙasa ne da aka samo a Riverside Park. Kwafi ne na jirgin ƙasa na shekarun 1950. Jirgin ƙasa mai tsawon mita 650 mai siffar murabba'i mai zagaye yana tafiya tsakanin 5-10.&nbsp;km/awa kuma yana aiki daga tsakiyar watan Mayu zuwa tsakiyar watan Oktoba tare da ƙaramin kuɗin shiga.

### Agogon Fure

Agogon fure na Riverside Park yana da injina kuma yana aiki sosai, yana nuna tsirrai sama da 6000. Abubuwan da aka yi amfani da su na injina kawai da aka gani daga waje su ne hannayensa. Tsawonsa ya kai ƙafa 28 a diamita kuma yana nuna nau'ikan furanni na lambobi a fuskarsa, kowace lamba ta kai ƙafa 4. Kowace shekara ana canza tsarin furanni don bikin bukukuwa ko mutane daban-daban, kuma a lokacin hunturu ana maye gurbin lambobin Larabci da lambobin Romawa masu haske. A farkon shekarar 2011, an yi wani tsari na fure don tunawa da cibiyar lafiya ta St. Joseph. Agogon kuma yana nuna kalandar fure wanda ake canza kowace rana. 

An fara gina agogon fure a shekarar 1949 kuma an sake gina shi a shekarar 1955 bisa ga tsarin John “Jock” Clark, mai kula da wurin shakatawa na birnin na dogon lokaci. Agogon fure a Riverside Park shine agogon fure guda daya tilo da aka yi wa lasisi a Kanada.

## Manazarta