Peekskill Rollerdrome, 1045 Park St., Peekskill, New York

• Operator: AOW Corporation (America on Wheels)[3]
• Manager: Tom Brown[1]
• Pro/Coach: Tom & Vickie Brown[6]
• Organist: Doug Morrow[1]
• Floor size: 90' x 180'[3]
• Floor type: "Miracle Maple", Rotunda[4]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: Sept 1952[3] - 1953[7](No ads after 1953)
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Started as:
Peekskill Rollerdrome, 1045 Park St., Peekskill, New York
• Operator: [?]
• Manager: Barney Fluke[2]
• Pro/Coach: Barney Fluke[2]
• Organist: Francis Beard[5]
• Primary reason for closing: Sold to AOW[3]
• Opened: 1941 - 1952[3]
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Now:
Peekskill DMV and Army Recruiting



Origins of Swanson Floors



"Trio Skate" Courtesy Donna Marchione Heyner


Google aerial view from 2019


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Sources

(1)Billboard Sep 27, 1952 (above)
(2)Poughkeepsie Journal Sep 26, 1945 (above)
(3)Billboard Aug 23, 1952 (above)
(4)Post cards (above)
(5)Highland Current July 30, 2018 (above)
(6)The Record Sept 5, 1952 (above)
(7) Many of the AOW Rinks Closing dates were not found and had to be calculated by using other means. The way I did it was to create a chart using the AOW Ads in USARSA Nationals from 1947 to 1971 that listed all of their rinks in operation at that time and then after the merger in USFARS Nationals, 1972 to 1990. This gives a reasonably accurate date as closed rinks would no longer be listed.

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