Dreamland Tower: Built in 1904 as a Coney Island amusement park, the tower like the rest of the park was made of “staff”, a flammable material used in making temporary structures. The tower along with Dreamland park burned down in 1911.

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1. DynastyFan85 says

   Staff the same material used for many of those Worlds Fairs such as the Chicago and St. Louis Worlds Fairs

2. broompusher says

   That’s the staff dreams are made of.

3. wheniswhy says

   If you’re interested in amusement parks, their history, or the history of the companies that make them (like Disney), I gotta rep Defunctland on YouTube. One of the best channels out there in my opinion if you’re remotely interested in history. My mans even did a video specifically about Coney Island.

4. terectec says

   Given the safety record of electricity in those days I’m really not surprised it burned down

5. [deleted] says

   Well it’s a good thing we now use inflammable materials!

6. GeneralTonic says

   Well, of course it did.

7. dotcom-jillionaire says

   the buildings certainly would be temporary if they’re built out of flammable materials

8. ProfessorZhirinovsky says

   At first, I thought this might be a negative image.

   It’s not, but it sure looked that way at first glance.

   Just out of curiosity, I reversed the image and this is what it looks like.