Haunting photos reveal the remains of US’s first waterpark – featuring Americana-themed slides which once left a man paralysed in horror accident
THESE stunning images capture the eerie beauty of an abandoned water park — the first to open in America.
Lake Dolores water park was first opened in 1962 by fun-loving businessman Bob Byers, who lovingly named the venue after his wife.
Overlooking Las Vegas and the surrounding Nevada Desert, the park offered swings, ziplines, slides, boat races and dirt biking.
But declining visitor numbers led to the park's closure in the late 1980s.
A brief reopening in 1998 ended in disaster when the following year an off-duty employee slid into a partly filled pool, leaving him paralysed.
The resulting £3.6million ruling sealed the park's fate.
Another reopening in 2002, when the park was given back to then widowed Dolores Byers, ended in failure just two years later, and it finally shut up shop.
Nearly all of its water slides have been removed and sold to other parks, leaving the it in an even eerier shell-like state.
But it has since been reborn as a magnet for artists, photographers, filmmakers and skaters who are drawn to its ghostly atmosphere.
Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368