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The Race Thru the Clouds roller coaster, built in 1911, appears here on the Venice lagoon. Abbot Kinney built Venice of America in 1905 to replicated the feeling of Venice, Italy in Southern California. Complete with Venetian style buildings and gondolas, Kinney's Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905.
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