In 2003, Lagoon celebrated the 110th birthday of its hand-carved carousel, which was built in 1893 and purchased by Lagoon in 1906. The carousel depicts 47 animals, including a chicken, a swan, a snail, a lion, a tiger, a frog in short pants and a bow tie, a sea dragon, a long-horned goat, a zebra without a saddle, a stork, and a giraffe. In 1953, when the "White" Roller Coaster caught fire, owner Robert Freed sprayed the carousel with water to protect its hand-carved figures.