Tom Burhyte worked on the carousel crew as a boy and literally grew up at Eldridge Park in the Forties and Fifties. He worked for many years as the operator of the carousel and was very familiar with how it functioned. His help in restoring the carousel has been invaluable and here is an example of just one of the projects that he and his son, Scott, have been working on this past winter (2003-2004). He is building a brass ring feeder similar to the one that operated for so many years at the Eldridge Park Merry-Go-Round.

Here are others of Tom's photos and stories that we've posted earlier at our web sites:

Jasper circa 1947
Jasper circa 1952
Working at the Merry-Go Round
Park in His Blood
Brass Ring Light Box
A Piece of Jasper