Dinn Corporation
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| Mean Streak at Cedar Point | |
| Status | Defunct |
| In business | 1980s to 1991 |
| Key people | Charles Dinn, Curtis D. Summers |
Dinn Corporation was a wooden roller coaster manufacturer based in West Chester, Ohio, USA. They were in business from 1983 to 1992 and built 12 roller coasters.
History
Charles J. Dinn was the director of construction, maintenance, and engineering at Kings Island and oversaw construction of The Beast, which opened in 1979.[1] Dinn went on to form his own company in the early 1980s.[2] The company managed the construction of wooden roller coasters in partnership with Curtis D. Summers' company.
Construction began on Pegasus at Efteling in late 1990 but Dinn abandoned the project following disagreements with Efteling and ultimately retired in 1991.[3] His daughter Denise Dinn formed a new company, Custom Coasters International. Summers died the following year of a heart attack at the age of 62.[4]
Roller coasters
- Pegasus at Efteling
- Mean Streak at Cedar Point
- Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Thunder Run at Kentucky Kingdom
- Predator at Darien Lake
- Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas
- Georgia Cyclone at Six Flags Over Georgia
- Hercules at Dorney Park
- Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun
- Wolverine Wildcat at Michigan's Adventure
- Raging Wolf Bobs at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
- Wild One at Six Flags America
References
- ↑ "Kings Island Unveils Plans For Faster, Higher Roller Coaster", The Circleville Herald.
- ↑ Curtis D. Summers / Charles Dinn - Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society (Wayback archive)
- ↑ "Curis D. Summers". Eftepedia. https://www.eftepedia.nl/lemma/Curtis_D._Summers.
- ↑ "Curtis Summers, amusement park ride designer", The Palm Beach Post.
External links
- Dinn Corporation on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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