Friday, December 26, 2014

Sparks Circus #17


4 comments:

Roger Smith said...

For a wild guess on this top, am I close thinking a 150 with three 50s? Anyone?

Buckles said...

Sure looks like it.
Once on the Beatty Show lot I asked Johnny Pugh the size and he said it was a 150' but added someone came around and advised him it wasn't a full 150er like the old Cole Show tops.
Whatever that means.

Chic Silber said...


Leif explained to me that the old

150s were measured between the

sidewalls when erected but newer

150s were measured in the flat &

were narrower when erected & some

newer middles were only 48 feet

Roger Smith said...

In '81, I measured between the Center Poles, and got between 47' 6", and 47' 10". Close enough for me.