In August 2020, The Buffalo News reported that Tesla had donated a solar roof to the Buffalo Heritage Carousel in Canalside, due to open in Spring 2021, each stamped “Assembled in Buffalo, NY, USA”. Tesla today shared a stunning video of the carousel on Twitter entitled “Solar Roof Powers Buffalo Heritage Carousel in NY.”
Solar roof supplies the Buffalo Heritage Carousel in NY pic.twitter.com/cxFFwmuQ2e
– Tesla (@Tesla) September 20, 2021
When Tesla made the donation, Laurie Hauer-LaDuca, president of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel said:
“With the support of Tesla, this rare and historic carousel is powered by the sun and offers a new leisure and educational attraction for families along the promenade.
“We are very proud to be a local showcase for solar roof tiles that are ‘made in Buffalo, New York’.”
The article noted that Tesla did not attach a dollar value to the solar roof, which is made up of two tiers. However, Corky Burger, the organization’s head of capital campaigns, said the pre-Tesla estimates were around $ 150,000.
The octagonal round house was designed by eco_logic STUDIO and is home to a vintage park-style menagerie carousel built by Spillman Engineering Co. in 1924.
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