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MIDWAY PARK - As early as 1889, this land was leased by the Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake Railroad as a picnic grove. The park was developed to take the place of Long Point which was sold to private interests. However, it wasn't until after the J. C. & L. E. Railroad became the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railway Company electric interurban line in 1914, that Midway became a dominant recreational park. In 1907 the first dock was built so the steamboats could let off, and take on passengers. Midway Park once provided only a picnic area, when first built by the Railroad. Later the park offered a large roller skating rink, dance hall building, bath houses, refreshment stands, a merry-go-round and a roller coaster. In May of 1934 the name of the park was known as New Midway Park, but only for that year. Midway Park still exists, the only one of the "trolley parks" left in the county. Today sounds of the organs of the merry-go-round and the roller skating rink can be heard. In years past an occasional whistle of the Jamestown-Westfield Traction car or a steamboat could also be heard.


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