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Wikipedia: The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains a Brooklyn landmark. 262 feet tall and weighing 170 tons, it has been called the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn". It was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, and moved to its current site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park, in 1941.
![[The Parachute Jump in operation in 1939 or 1940.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1939parachutejump_s.jpg "The Parachute Jump in operation in 1939 or 1940.")
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![[Coney Island Parachute Jump Illumination captured on a foggy night during programming session]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CIPJ_FOG4s_s.jpg "Coney Island Parachute Jump Illumination captured on a foggy night during programming session")
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![[Coney Island's Riegelmann Boardwalk and Parachute Jump on a sunny morning]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coney_Island_Parachute_Jump_2_s.jpg "Coney Island's Riegelmann Boardwalk and Parachute Jump on a sunny morning")
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