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Location | Agawam, Massachusetts, USA |
Status | Operating |
Opened | 1870 |
Owner | Six Flags |
Previous names | Riverside Park and Riverside the Great Escape |
Area | 235 acres (95.1 hectares) |
Website | http://www.sixflags.com/newEngland/index.aspx |
Six Flags New England, formerly called Riverside Amusement Park, is a Six Flags theme park located in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA. It is the oldest of the Six Flags parks, though it did not originally open as a Six Flags park.
History
From 1870 to 1886, the park was known as Gallup's Grove. From 1887 to 1911, it was called Riverside Grove. In 1912, it was renamed Riverside Park from 1912 thru 1999. On May 5, 2000, the park reopened under the Six Flags brand.[1]
Roller coasters
Present (11)
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Status |
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Batman - The Dark Knight | Bolliger & Mabillard | Floorless | April 20, 2002 | Operating |
Catwoman's Whip | Zierer | Sit-Down | May 5, 2000 | Operating |
Flashback | Vekoma | Shuttle | May 5, 2000 | Operating |
Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum | Maurer AG | Wild Mouse | April 16, 2011 | Operating |
Great Chase | E&F Miler Industries | Kiddie | 1996 | Operating |
Joker | S&S Worldwide | 4th Dimension | May 27, 2017 | Operating |
Pandemonium | Gerstlauer | Spinning | April 16, 2005 | Operating |
Riddler Revenge | Vekoma | Inverted | May 24, 1997 | Operating |
Superman The Ride | Intamin | Hyper | May 5, 2000 | Operating |
Thunderbolt | Joseph E. Drambour | Wooden | 1941 | Operating |
Wicked Cyclone | Rocky Mountain Construction | Hybrid | May 24, 2015 | Operating |
Past (11)
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Fate |
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Black Widow | Arrow Dynamics | Shuttle | 1977 | 1999 | Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park |
Cyclone | William Cobb | Wooden | 1983 | 2014 | Scrapped |
Dark Knight | Mack Rides | Enclosed | Never operated | Relocated to Six Flags Mexico | |
Giant Dip | Unknown | Wooden | 1912 | Unknown | Scrapped |
Goliath | Vekoma | Inverted | May 25, 2012 | 2019 | Scrapped |
Greyhound | Josiah Pearce | Wooden | 1915 | 1933 | Scrapped |
Lightning | John A. Miller | Wooden | 1920 | 1933 | Scrapped |
Little Rickie's Little Twister | Allan Herschell Company | Kiddie | 1949 | 1999 | Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park |
Whirlwind Racer | Traver Engineering | Wooden | 1928 | 1933 | Scrapped |
Wild Mouse | B. A. Schiff & Associates | Wild Mouse | 1957 | Unknown | Unknown |
WildCat | Schwarzkopf | Sit-Down | 1968 | 1983 | Relocated to Rocky Point Park |
Attractions
Operating
Closed
References
External links
- Six Flags New England on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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