Louis Ritter

Amusement Ride Operator

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Louis Ritter

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Louis Ritter, born in Coney Island on the 4th of July, worked a variety of amusement rides including three carousels and the boardwalk train ride in the 1960s. He also ran a cotton candy stand. When he was a child, people mistook him for John Tilyou's son because he would follow John all over Steeplechase Park.