The Crescent Park carousel, originally steam-powered and gas-lit, was Looff's showroom, and it cemented Rhode Island's place ...

Looff built many carousels for Rhode Island, including the first for Crescent Park, his second the showpiece, one in Rocky Point Park, destroyed in 1892, one for Boyden Heights in East Providence ...

Looking back on my childhood in Rhode Island, I have so many incredible memories, but summer day trips to Rocky Point are the most nostalgic.