We had one of those on the elementary school playground along with a steel jungle that hat a fire pole in the center. That was when kids were tough and not mollycoddled by helicopter parents.
Yes, I remember those well. I had two of my sons, oldest and youngest playing tag in the playground. Youngest ran under the slide, oldest tried to follow, but he had had a growth spurt over the winter. It ended with 8 stitches in his forehead in the local ER.