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Playground Equipment

Description:: An incomplete list of equipment found at Chicago Park District Playgrounds.

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Metal Mess Climber
A climbing element that consists of two C-shaped metal beams mounted to two vertical posts and a messy set of metal rungs on each side and in the middle.
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Triple Traverse (Heartbeat)
A climbing element created by three horizontal beams with one of two dips per beam; looks like a heartbeat printout...sort of.
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Wavy Traverse with Four Support Ropes
A traverse element consisting of a single beam (parallel to the play surface with lateral waves) and four support ropes.
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Ring Ladder
A pole that intersects two circles with each circle set perpendicular to the other.
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Bird Watcher
An interactive element that is a telescope with avian imagery.
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Bent Swinging Monkey Bar
An overhead element with two beams that arch up slightly in the middle with unusual rungs; the rungs can swing freely and are below the arched support beams.
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Quarter Circle Ladder
A ladder element where the main structure is a quarter circle and the rungs are on straight metal bars.
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Playground Springboard
A playground element consisting of an angled platform; it looks like a springboard used by gymnasts but doesn't actually have a spring or move.
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Canoe Ladder
A climbing element that is a ladder inside a canoe-shaped opening (two curving vertical support beams)
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Hanging Ring Circle
An overhead element consisting of a circular metal beam with individual "hanging rings" suspended.
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Looping Loop Monkey Bars
Like the Single Beam Loop Monkey Bars (single beam, straight, parallel to the play surface) but the loops on these 'loop' into each other.
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Candy Cane Ladder
Another 'canoe ladder' (ladder elements within a canoe shape) this one has metal rungs that look like candy canes.
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Single Pole Water Mister/Sprayer
A water spray element consisting of a single pole. Does it mist or spray?
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Spinning Conical Climbing Net
An element consisting of a circular, horizontal platform that can rotate around a central point and a conical climbing net.
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Rope Net Tunnel Bridge
A rope net element that connects two platforms where the netting forms a tunnel.
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Acorn Seats
Seats that look like acorns.
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Three in a Row Panel
An interactive panel with two colors of circular discs that can be moved to four vertical columns; three in a row wins!
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Color Spinning Panel
An interactive panel with a color spinner on one side and an off-centered black-and-white pattern on the other.
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Squiggle Pole
It's a pole that connects the ground to the platform but it's got some squiggle.
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Ship Bow
Play ship bow.
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(Blank) on a Spring
A collective term for something on a spring. Usually an animal or vehicle.
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Smile Traverse
A climbing element consisting of two curving horizontal beams connected by vertical ropes.
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Straight Tube Slide
A slide with a covered chute that descended in without a wave, curve, or wiggle.
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Metal Traverse (with Pattern)
A metal traverse with a pattern that connects two platforms.