An eye-catching addition in late 2017 was The Wheel, a 227-foot-tall Ferris wheel with 40 gondolas offering stunning views of the ocean and shoreline. Due to declining tourism, the pier closed not long after the last equine plunge, but the amusement park was reopened in the 1990s and remains in operation today. Most memorably, this was where the famed diving horse and its rider would jump off a 40-foot-high platform into a 12-foot-deep pool of water-an attraction that ran off and on from the 1920s to the ‘70s (and you thought horses dragging carriage rides had it bad). Decades ago, the Steel Pier (1000 Boardwalk) was a massive indoor-outdoor entertainment destination known for dances and musical performances (jazz, swing, and, later, rock bands including the Rolling Stones) as well as carnival rides and novelty acts. Even one of the Boardwalk's oldest attractions has a big new draw.
