Space City USA

For other uses, see Space City.
logo from 1963 booklet

Space City USA was a planned theme park near Huntsville, Alabama. Located adjacent to Lady Ann Lake between Huntsville and Decatur, the $5 million (at the time) project was planned starting in 1959 as "Time World". Construction began in 1963 but the project was abandoned 3 years later, before the park could be opened.[1] (The park property is now inside the Madison and Huntsville city limits.) Built around a space travel theme, popular at the time, theming also included "Lost World" with dinosaur models, a simulated moon colony, a "Land of Oz", and an Old South section.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ McCarter, Mark (February 18, 2015). "Huntsville's Space City USA: Failure to launch a history lesson for Shoals theme park developers?". The Huntsville Times. Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Storey, Deborah (March 18, 2012). "Space City, amusement park proposed in 1960s, was never completed". The Huntsville Times. Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hollis, Tim (1999). Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1578061180.

Coordinates: 34°39′57″N 86°43′26″W / 34.665829°N 86.723893°W / 34.665829; -86.723893

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