Charles I. D. Looff
German amusement park pioneer and carousel maker
Died when: 66 years 38 days (793 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Charles I.D.Looff was a German master carver and builder of hand-carved carousels and amusement rides, who immigrated to the United States of America in 1870.
Looff built the first carousel at Coney Island in 1876.During his lifetime, he built over 40 carousels, several amusements parks, numerous roller coasters and Ferris wheels, and built California's famous Santa Monica Pier.
He became famous for creating the unique Coney Island style of carousel carving.
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License