Does anyone have some resonably clear, uncluttered photos of the Flooded Mine? I am looking to construct a scale replica--or at least an close approximation thereof--and need pics for a guide. Close ups are welcome and I need some overall shots. Older photos before it became so hemmed in would be especially useful.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT for Clarity: yes, pics of the outside, please! No hurry! Very Grateful for any help.
Sounds like a fun project! I take it you are wanting pictures of the outside?
I'm sure you will be able to get a ton of pictures from people on here!
Good luck with the project, and be sure to show if off to everyone once it is finished.
I can put a few shots on my Flickr site, but it will have to wait until later in the week. If someone else can post photos now, please do! :)
Wish I could help! I always try to take pictures inside of the ride, but I never can get them right. They are either too blurry, or I accidentally have the flash turned on and all you see is specks of dust floating around.
I've got a new camera that should be pretty good for taking pics inside, but I'll have to wait 'til the park opens up for the season. As for outdoors pics, I'll look through my folders and see if I have any good ones.
I don't believe I have any pictures that would help you (though I'll check), but I can't wait to see pictures of your scale model when finished. What kinda of scale are you thinking about?
Staring here and continuing to the next page (http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=621.msg36206#msg36206), there is some discussion and a few pics of the outside of the Flooded Mine from "back in the day". There's even a video with a couple quick glimpses. Hope that helps. Someone else might have some more pictures somewhere, too.
You asked for it, you got it...over a dozen photos of the Flooded Mine from the period of 1970-1990. Check it out at the Fllickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juniordugan
Junior, you never cease to amaze me with your pictures. Enjoyed the nostalgic look back at one of my favorite rides.
The concept drawing of the interior, I had never seen before; love finding new things like that! Thanks :)
Thanks muchly for the submissions so far, folks!
Junior, would you be kind enough to email me the ones labelled "1976" abnd "1983B"? Flickr won't let me copy them (quite properly).
Junior, where is the scene with the flooded office and the man half in the floor? I don't recall seeing this and we ride this almost each time we go. I've looked in the office window while in the que line before and don't remember seeing that in there either. Great pics btw.
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that scene was removed from the place where the tall tower (with the escaping inmates) at the end of the ride is. once again i could be wrong :)
Could be. It looks very bright and illuminated unlike most of the ride so I really wasn't sure where it was.
To me that looked like concept art/models. At least in the 90s, the scene at the end with the escaping convict was a scene with some ghosts and laser noises. But I think it might have been something before that...
What yall are seeing is the walpaper for my new SDC-mania room. Glad its getting good reviews. ;D
The flooded mine drawing is not concept art...it is an illustration that was printed in one of the SDC souvenier booklets sold at HH and OM at the time. The illustration may have also appeared in some of those late 70s or early 80s picture books for kids that were published at the time. The office scene with the man falling through the floor was in the area where the tower is now. That scene was removed prior to 1977. Those windows in the background were still in place and the ore boats did pass right by it until sometime in the last few years when that area was covered up with new scenery. One of the jobs I moonlighted in about 80-81-82 was as a prisoner at the flooded mine. I worked the dispatch stand and also loaded folks into boats. It was a fun job. At the time, we sometimes played "mean" prisoners or "wardens" and had a wooden stick we would smack the que line railings with. It made quite a loud popping noise, and I am responsible for scaring the c--p out of more than one or two little kids. My boss Alan...lead man at the ride at the time, had to ask me more than once to tone it down a bit. (By the way, Alan STILL works at SDC at both the train and the flooded mine. When I last visited in December for the Christmas celebration, Alan was dressed as a prisoner and was working the railroad crossing behind the flooded mine. He didn't really remember me, but we had a nice little visit, and it was good to see him again.
Thanks again, Junior!
I thought the cave-in was in the tall area. Am I confused? It certainly is possible since I didn't get to the city between '72 and '82.
The cave-in area you are probably referring to is the area I probably would refer as the rock-slide area. That big, tall tower just before you leave the building and circle around (now under the canopy) to the loading dock. Back in my day, they had a recorded voice shout "look out its a rock slide!" then a strobe light would flash and foam rubber "rocks" would fall down to just above the boat, where a net would catch them. They had a device rigged up to lift the rocks back up in place for the next boat. It was a pretty good effect for its time. Glad to have been some help!
I always got a kick out of the rock slide. I miss it.
I agree about the rock slide. Great memories!
One of my earliest memories is of a nightmare I had about the rock slide/cave in being real and sealing me in the mine all alone. Strangely, the nightmare did NOT make my fearful of the ride!