Carousel riders should feel a smoother glide at this year’s Southeast Alaska State Fair.
The 70-year-old ride has a new foundation, suspension and carriage, due to a months-long volunteer effort.
“It was kind of rattling, shaking and out of level,” said Jim Jurgeleit, a retired ferry engineer who reworked 24 rods that suspend the ride to a timber carriage above. “It was kind of wore out, the wood was, anyway.”
Jurgeleit cut the steel rods,…