The Schenck Brothers: 1910-1934
By 1908, the park was renamed Palisades Amusement Park, and the new owners began adding amusement rides and attractions. In 1910, the park was purchased by Nicholas and Joseph Schenck and their Realty Trust Company. They were brothers who were in the nascent motion picture industry in nearby Fort Lee. They renamed the park once again, calling it Schenck Bros. Palisade Park. In 1912, the park added a salt-water swimming pool. It was filled by pumping water from the saline Hudson River, 200 feet (60 m) below. This pool, 400 by 600 feet (120 meters by 180 meters) in surface area, was billed as the largest salt-water wave pool in the nation. Behind the water falls were huge pontoons that rose up and down as they rotated, creating a one-foot wave in the pool.
As the park added more and more attractions, it became so famous by the 1920s that the Borough of Palisades Park, located just west of the amusement park, actually considered changing its name to avoid visitors' confusion.
In 1928 the park introduced the third of Harry Traver's Cyclone roller coasters. Unfortunately, due to the high maintenance costs, the ride only lasted six years before being removed.
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