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Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Designer / calculations | Don Rosser, John C. Allen, William Cobb | ||||||||||||
Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||
Track layout | L-Shaped Out and Back | ||||||||||||
Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||
Hourly capacity | 1,200 | ||||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
Serial number | 142 | ||||||||||||
Height | 105 feet | ||||||||||||
Drop | 89 feet | ||||||||||||
Top speed | 57 mph | ||||||||||||
Length | 3450 feet | ||||||||||||
Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
Drop angle | 45° | ||||||||||||
Duration | 2:00 |


Great American Scream Machine is an wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia, USA. It has been operating since 1973. Another coaster with the same name existed at Six Flags Great Adventure.
History
The roller coaster opened on March 31, 1973 as part of a new themed area called Cotton States Exposition of 1895.[1]
From March to May 1993, to celebrate Great American Scream Machine's 20th anniversary, the trains were turned to run backwards.[2] The coaster ran backwards again from March 10 to May 13, 2018.[3]
In 2017, the Cotton States Exposition section became Metropolis and the Lickskillet area was expanded to include Great American Scream Machine.
Great American Scream Machine was given a major refurbishment in 2022.[4]
Design
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Great American Scream Machine features an out-and-back layout that travels over the water with eleven drops. The color scheme of the ride is a combination of the colors, red, white, and blue; the same colors found on the flag of the United States of America.
Color scheme
Trains
2 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Images
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Great American Scream Machine in 1979
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The ACE Coaster Landmark Plaque
References
- ↑ "Six Flags Opening Day Festivities To Introduce New Roller Coaster". The Atlanta Constitution.
- ↑ "Great American Scream Machine celebrates 20 years". The Times and Democrat. March 7, 1993. p. 31. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Last chance to ride Scream Machine backwards this weekend". MDJ.
- ↑ "New ride, changes to Great American Scream Machine coming to Six Flags, White Water".
External links
- Great American Scream Machine on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Great American Scream Machine on Coaster-Count.
- Great American Scream Machine on sixflags.com.