Hello all
Pleasure beach was a town with a fun park in Connecticut, it was home to a popular amusement park of the same name. From 1904 to 1919, it was called "Steeplechase Island." The amusement park was accessible primarily by ferry service and a wooden swing bridge built in 1919 to carry automobiles and pedestrians. Remaining structures from the amusement park are the carousel, dodge-'em car enclosure, and beer garden (the latter was substantially altered for use as a summer theater in the 1960s).
After a portion of the bridge burned in 1996, Pleasure Beach was cut off and became accessible only by a lengthy trek along the shoreline, or by small private boats from the mainland. This has severely limited access and allowed nature to be undisturbed.
The Town of Stratford owns 45 cottages on the Long Beach portion of the peninsula. For a decade, the town considered ending the leases of the seasonal homes, in part because of difficulties in protecting them. The town ended renewal of leases, and in May 2007, the remaining occupants agreed to give up their claims and moved their possessions away by barge. However by 2010 the whole site was bulldozed and the hopes and Dreams of former occupants are but a distant memory.
Where did these people go that lost their homes in our area? They lost their spirit perhaps? Typical of a Ghosts I imagine. And the living, where is their spirit? These ghost towns are a sad reminder of what is happening all across America, and it is not just in older towns. There are new developments that are modern day victims of circumstance.
Hardluck
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