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"Karl Bacon was a quiet guy who never wanted much of a fuss. So when he died last month at 98, he almost slipped away from us without being noticed.
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In 1946, Bacon and partner Ed Morgan opened the Arrow Development Co. in Mountain View, CA. The two were a tight team who started out doing some machine work for HP and just about anything else that would bring cash through the door. Bacon was the math mind, a self-taught engineer who tended to figure out what needed to be made while Morgan concentrated on how to manufacture it.
Then Morgan got the idea that they could build a merry-go-round for the city of San Jose, which they did. Soon a man named Walt Disney was talking to them about coming up with some rides for a new park he was opening in Anaheim. They did that, too.
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Mad Tea Party, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, It's a Small World, Alice in Wonderland, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and more."
Karl Bacon's last trip to Disneyland eight or nine years ago. He had had a stroke and was in a wheelchair that day, said Jane, Karl's wife of 67 years to Mercury News Columnist Mike Cassidy later at her home.
"He just sat there and enjoyed looking at it, listening to it,'' she says. "He said, 'It all still works.'"
Cheers to you sir, and a job well done.
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In 1946, Bacon and partner Ed Morgan opened the Arrow Development Co. in Mountain View, CA. The two were a tight team who started out doing some machine work for HP and just about anything else that would bring cash through the door. Bacon was the math mind, a self-taught engineer who tended to figure out what needed to be made while Morgan concentrated on how to manufacture it.
Then Morgan got the idea that they could build a merry-go-round for the city of San Jose, which they did. Soon a man named Walt Disney was talking to them about coming up with some rides for a new park he was opening in Anaheim. They did that, too.
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Mad Tea Party, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, It's a Small World, Alice in Wonderland, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and more."
Karl Bacon's last trip to Disneyland eight or nine years ago. He had had a stroke and was in a wheelchair that day, said Jane, Karl's wife of 67 years to Mercury News Columnist Mike Cassidy later at her home.
"He just sat there and enjoyed looking at it, listening to it,'' she says. "He said, 'It all still works.'"
Cheers to you sir, and a job well done.
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