The Crescent Park carousel, originally steam-powered and gas-lit, was Looff's showroom, and it cemented Rhode Island's place ...

Rhode Island has a special connection to carousels. The Crescent Park carousel is the finest example of Charles Looff's work. Looff is celebrated for the beauty of his carousels. EAST PROVIDENCE ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is renowned, among carousel aficionados, both for its current offerings and for what has been lost. But how did Rhode Island come to have such a strong connection ...