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William F. Mangels

Fatty Arbuckle (center) riding in The Whip, one of William F. Mangels' classic rides. At one time, Mangels had 500 of them in operation.

It took a ‘cranky,’ dour immigrant to make Coney Island the capital of fun

Oct 29, 2014

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