Entrance to Woodside Park

Title

Entrance to Woodside Park

Description

A Coney Island-like amusement park in West Fairmount Park built by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company in 1897.
Like Chestnut Hill and Willow Grove Parks, Woodside was built along a trolley route. Ten miles of trolley tracks surrounded it.

Creator

East Falls Historical Soceity

Source

East Fall Historical Society

Date

1900-1920

Contributor

Bryce Evans

Rights

TBD

Original Format

Photo

Files

woodside park.jpg


Citation

East Falls Historical Soceity, “Entrance to Woodside Park,” Philly Immigration, accessed October 22, 2026, https://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/373.