Cyclone (Crystal Beach)
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| Image of the coaster's helix near the Crystal Ball Room | |||||||||||
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| Designer / calculations | Harry G. Traver | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Hybrid | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 29.3 metres | ||||||||||
| Length | 914.4 metres | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duration | 0:40 | ||||||||||
| G-Force | 4 | ||||||||||
Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster located at Crystal Beach in Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1926 and closed in 1946, this coaster was one of the three Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters and is infamous for being one of the most extreme, vicious and terrifying coasters ever built. The other two Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters were Lightning at Revere Beach in Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA and Cyclone at Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA.
History
The coaster was known for large extended downtime due to the structure being too weak for the forces exerted on the coaster and constantly needed to be re-welded, including adding stress braces on the coaster.
It was also one of the most violent coasters ever built, with injuries and broken bones common and a supposed nurse at the exit to treat riders. Due to extended maintenance problems with the ride and structure, the ride finally closed down on 2 September 1946.
When the coaster closed, some of its parts were used to construct another coaster at Crystal Beach, Comet, which opened in 1948, now at Great Escape after the park's closure in 1989.
External links
- Cyclone on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
