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#97091 Water Slide

Posted by Ted on 26 April 2016 - 11:33 AM in Local History

Thanks for the link to the aerial website. Why aren't there aerials from the 80's? Maybe I just missed them.

 

I can't make out the water slide but you can clearly see the old paddleboats docked on the river. I am not sure how long the slide was there. Probably just for a year or two in the early 80's. In the mid 80's someone opened a skateboard shop at that location.

 

Thank you all for the replies.




#97080 Water Slide

Posted by Ted on 25 April 2016 - 11:15 AM in Local History

Good afternoon. First time poster. The old thread about the Forest Park rides really got me interested in the discussions in this forum. I grew up in the University Place neighborhood in the 70's and 80's and moved to Austin in the 90's.

 

Does anybody remember a pretty good sized water slide that used to sit near the Trinity River? It was located west of University Drive and east of Rogers Road kind of near where the old Colonial Cafeteria was located. Me and my brother would slide there all day long. Running up and down the stairs.

 

I cannot find any pictures or information about it on the web.

 

Anyone have any memories of this slide?