The amusement park preservation world breathed a sigh of relief when The Dreamland Trust, the organisation behind the proposed Heritage Amusement Park at Margate, reached agreement with Rhyl Amusements Ltd (the owners of Ocean Beach) to dismantle the Water Chute for use at the heritage park. Contractors acting for the developers of the Margate heritage park were booked to commence work on site on 15 October 2007, just two weeks before Ocean Beach was to be handed over to developers. However, at the eleventh hour, the Margate funders pulled out leaving the Dreamland Trust unable to secure the funding required in the few hours available to them. On 20 October, the demolition of the Water Chute commenced, and a piece of amusement park history - once common at parks across the UK - became a memory. This gallery shows the ride as it comes down...