Spinning Wheels Roller Rink 2940 Library Road, Castle Shannon, PA. Source: Facebook group. Copyrighted Digitally Remastered by Dead-Rinks, original photo bleached. This is total repaired with color balance, darken, and sharper.
Spinning Wheels Roller Rink 2940 Library Road, Castle Shannon, PA. Taken in 2021. Today as Busy Beaver. Nice name. Source: Google.
Spinning Wheels Roller Rink 2940 Library Road, Castle Shannon, PA
Spinning Wheels Roller Rink was once a roller rink at 2940 Library Road, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania where it used to be a rail road stop for the Overbrook Branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network system. The former rink's name was named after the railroad wheels station which was right next to the former site. The stop was closed when that line was shut down in 1993. The shelter and platforms were removed when the line was rebuilt in the year 2004.
Facebook did not detail about the rink's operations however, did say it is a Busy Beaver hardware store currently occupy the former rink.
Wikipedia confirmed word for word, exact the same.
However, an article that you have to subscribe but I captured it and it said they closed in 1995 because in 1996, Busy Beaver opened that year. I have another article that is easy for you to read. See link below.
The Interior.
I do not know what the interior was like. But roller skating rink was also outdoors.
The Exterior.
It is likely Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock - Walled Warehouse - like Building with Gabled, Low Pitch roof. They even had outdoor roller rink on the property. Now parking lot and outdoors supplies for gardening and planting.
The Stats:
Indoor Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Outdoor Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Appeared to be Concrete? Floor Layout: Standard with divider running in middle of rink floor outdoors to make skaters go one direction.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled, Low Pitch.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A to 1995.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Facebook - Spinning Wheels.
AP - Article about past rinks.
Wikipedia (exact copy of what Facebook group says. I believe it was either Wiki staff or the author in the Facebook was the same who made that Wiki page.)
Date of issue: 20 June 2022.
For office use only: 2.
Worth to visit:
None. It is entirely renovated into a hardware store. Nothing to see.
DISCLAIMER:
Dead-Rinks and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved becomes property of Dead-Rinks and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Dead-Rinks List.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.
Facebook did not detail about the rink's operations however, did say it is a Busy Beaver hardware store currently occupy the former rink.
Wikipedia confirmed word for word, exact the same.
However, an article that you have to subscribe but I captured it and it said they closed in 1995 because in 1996, Busy Beaver opened that year. I have another article that is easy for you to read. See link below.
The Interior.
I do not know what the interior was like. But roller skating rink was also outdoors.
The Exterior.
It is likely Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock - Walled Warehouse - like Building with Gabled, Low Pitch roof. They even had outdoor roller rink on the property. Now parking lot and outdoors supplies for gardening and planting.
The Stats:
Indoor Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Outdoor Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Appeared to be Concrete? Floor Layout: Standard with divider running in middle of rink floor outdoors to make skaters go one direction.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled, Low Pitch.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A to 1995.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Facebook - Spinning Wheels.
AP - Article about past rinks.
Wikipedia (exact copy of what Facebook group says. I believe it was either Wiki staff or the author in the Facebook was the same who made that Wiki page.)
Date of issue: 20 June 2022.
For office use only: 2.
Worth to visit:
None. It is entirely renovated into a hardware store. Nothing to see.
DISCLAIMER:
Dead-Rinks and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved becomes property of Dead-Rinks and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Dead-Rinks List.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.