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~ ~ • <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />Dimensions of similar commercial equipment (continued) - <br />Miracle Company <br />Tornado Slide 20' height <br />Miracle Space Ship 25' deck, 35' height <br />Spider Climber 92' height, no railing <br />** Trail Blazer Slide 8~` height, 2%' railing <br />Sturdi-Built Slide 10' height, 22' railing <br />Candy Rock Mountain 8' height, no railing <br />Sky-way Climber 82' height, no railing <br />** Installed at Sunnyside Park <br />Sturdi-Steel Company <br />Slide 72' height, 2' railing <br />Giraffe Pole Slide 10' height, no railing <br />Veterans Park Slide <br />Slide 72' height, 12' railing <br />Fort New Brighton <br />9' deck height, 22' railing <br />10' high plank extension, no railing <br />Finally, George Butler, in his text, Recreation Areas: Their Design <br />and Ectu.ipment (Ronald Press, 1958), recommends as minimum equipment <br />for a playground area a slide of at least 8 feet in height and a <br />climbing structure up to 102 feet in height. This book is the Bible <br />of playground design so it is likely that the dimensions of Fort <br />New Brighton are not out of the ordinary. <br />Robert W~cklund <br />Director of Parks and Recreation <br />