• Image of Chutes: The Haight
  • Image of Chutes: The Haight

The Chutes opened in 1895 on Haight Street between Cole and Clayton streets. The main attraction was a water ride in which daring patrons careened in an uncontrolled flat-bottomed boat down a 350 foot water flume, hitting a pond at up to 60 miles per hour. The park also boasted a merry-go-round, a zoo and a shooting range. The Chutes on Haight closed in 1902.