Big Dipper (Camden Park)

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Big Dipper

Camden Park Location Huntington, West Virginia, USA Coordinates 38.397082°N 82.53111°W / 38.397082; -82.53111 Status Operating since 1958
Statistics
Designer / calculations	National Amusement Device Company
Type	Wooden
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Inversions	0
Duration	1:40

Big Dipper is a wooden roller coaster located at Camden Park in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. Big Dipper is one of two roller coasters in the park built by the National Amusement Device Company. It is also only one of three surviving roller coasters built by the company.

History

The ride was awarded ACE Roller Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts on May 12, 2019 at the 2019 ACE Preservation Conference.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Tunnel

Trains

3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 18 riders per train.

Images

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External links

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  Big Dipper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Camden Park

Present

Coasters

Big DipperLil' DipperSlingshot

Attractions

Hawnted House

Former

Coasters

Thunderbolt Express