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July 15, 2005
Departed Seattle park gets a birthday party
SEATTLE — Long before Wild Waves and Enchanted Village, there was the Playland amusement park in North Seattle.
The 12-acre park, which opened 75 years ago this summer, featured the Dipper, one of the biggest roller coasters on the West Coast, not to mention a waterslide, dodge'em cars, a merry-go-round, haunted house and roller skating rink.
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