gmac Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 https://houstorian.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/epsom-downs-and-arrowhead-park/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plangan107 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Chris, the Goodell Monorail Company also had plans for monorails in Canada in Niagara Falls. Plans fell through, there are articles on the subject online. I am almost finished by book called 'Forgotten Monorails of Canada" Paul Langan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Arrowhead Park sure does have some memories! First it was a horse racing track, then the monorail testing site, and finally it was an automobile racing site. Looks like the horse racing was active in the 1940s, monorail testing site was active in the 1950s to 1970s? and the Speedway was active in the 1950s. So maybe all around the same time. Brodie Manager of Racing Park: Houston, Texas, Feb. 15th Steve Brodie, colorful Arizona horseman and cousin of "Take-a-Chance Brodie" of Brooklyn bridge jumping fame, today was named general manager of Arrowhead Park by George H. Echols, president of Houston's new $1,250,000 plant for quarter horse racing, rodeos, horse and cattle shows. Arrowhead Park is scheduled to open in May. Regarding the proposed, and tested monorail, here is a television news script for people to read. Neighborhood reactions and comments about the monorail. Finally, the awesome Arrowhead Park Speedway. Stock Car Races Every Thursday & Saturday - 8:15 P.M. Asphalt Track, Covered Grandstand, Top Drivers. Old Spanish Trail at Main St. Houston, Texas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Information found in the newspaper The Baytown Sun dated November 18, 1957. This particular Monorail was designed by Murel Goodell for his company Monorail, Inc. based in Houston, TX. Actually, all three monorails that were tested in Houston (Houston International Airport, Arrowhead Park, and Fondren/S. Main) were owned by Murel Goodell. Financier Buys Stock In Monorail Axel Wenner Gren, the Swedish financier and unofficial world diplomat, today announced his purchase of the controlling interest in Monorail, Inc. for $2 million. Wenner Gren and Murel Goodell, manager of Monorail, said the company headquartered in Houston, will continue under the same management but will have Wenner – Gren's support to insure its expansion. Monorail is a single track overhead train system that can operate up to 150 miles an hour.It has been failed as an answer to the modern urban transportation problem. But so far, it has suffered from lack of financing. The only operating system the company owns extends across the state fair grounds in Dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Oh yeah!! Aerial photographs from the 1940s that featured the Arrowhead Park Speedway. What were those weird shaped buildings? Vehicle storage? Farming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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