Lincoln Park (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)

Lincoln Park closed in 1987 and remained abandoned and vacant until the Comet roller coaster was torn down on July 11, 2012.

The Union Street Railway Company created Lincoln Park in 1894 as a way to connect Fall River to New Bedford.

They invested $150,000 installing a fourteen lane bowling alley and updating an existing dance hall, and added a full complement of amusement park rides.

This plan included moving the park's 1921 carousel to Battleship Cove in Fall River, and dismantling a smaller "kiddy" version of the "Comet" roller coaster.

For years the only remaining structures in the park were some badly damaged food buildings and the roller coaster.

The 42-acre (170,000 m2) site has been converted in part to residential use [2] In May 2012, developers began clearing shrubbery, rock, and abandoned buildings in the former amusement park.