Kennywood

Kennywood

Location	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	1898
Owner	Palace Entertainment
Website	http://www.kennywood.com/

Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. The park first opened in 1898 as a trolley park for the Monongahela Street Railway Company. Along with Playland Park, it is one of only two amusement parks listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Kennywood is owned by Kennywood Entertainment, which until December 2007 was a closely held family business owned by the Henninger and McSwigan families. Kennywood Entertainment is now operated by Palace Entertainment, a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos, an international amusement park company based in Madrid, Spain.

Roller coasters

View from the parking lot.

Present (8)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Exterminator	Reverchon	Spinning Enclosed	1999	Operating
Jack Rabbit	John A. Miller	Wooden	1920	Operating
Lil' Phantom	Molina & Sons	Kiddie	1996	Operating
Phantom's Revenge	Morgan	Hyper	2001	Operating
Racer	John A. Miller	Racing	1927	Operating
Sky Rocket	Premier Rides	Launched	2010	Operating
Steel Curtain	S&S Worldwide	Hyper Sit-Down	2019	Operating
Thunderbolt	Andy Vettel	Wooden	1924	Operating

Past (12)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Brownie Coaster	W.F. Mangels	Powered	1928	Unknown	Scrapped
Dipper	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Wooden	1948	1984	Scrapped
Gee Whiz Dip The Dips	Fredrick Ingersol	Wooden	1902	1921	Scrapped
Laser Loop	Schwarzkopf	Launched	1980	1990	Relocated to La Feria Chapultepec Magico
Racer	John A. Miller	Wooden	1910	1926	Scrapped
Scenic Railway	John A. Miller	Wooden	1904	1910	Scrapped
Speed-O-Plane	John A. Miller	Wooden	1911	1923	Scrapped
Steel Phantom	Arrow Dynamics	Sit-Down	1991	2000	Converted to Phantom's Revenge
Steeplechase	Unknown	Racing	1903	1904	Scrapped
Teddy Bear	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Wooden	1935	1947	Scrapped
Tickler	W.F. Mangels	Wooden Spinning	1931	1952	Scrapped
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Wild Mouse	1958	1960	Unknown

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Aero 360	Zamperla	Ranger	2000
Auto Race	Traver Engineering Company	Track Ride	1930
Black Widow	Zamperla	Frisbee	2012
Cosmic Chaos	Zamperla	Disk'O	2007
Cranky's Drop Tower	Zamperla	Drop Tower	2018
Crazy Trolley	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	2001
Diesel Drivers	Zamperla	Track Ride	2018
Dizzy Dynamo	San Antonio Roller Works	Junior Teacups	1970
Elephant Parade	Zamperla	Junior Jets	1987
Flynn's Fire Training	Zamperla	Fire Brigade	2018
Ghostwood Estate	ETF Ride Systems	Trackless Dark Ride	2008
Gran Prix	Reverchon	Dodgems	1973
Harold's Helicopter Tour	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2018
Kangaroo	Aero-Affiliates	Flying Coaster	1962
Kenny's Karousel	W.F. Mangels	Junior Carousel	1924
Merry-Go-Round	Dentzel Carousel Company	Carousel	1927
Musik Express	Mack Rides	Superbob/Musik Express	1987
Noah's Ark	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Funhouse	1936
Old Mill	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Scenic Boat Ride	1901
Pirate	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1982
Pittsburgh Plunge	Hopkins	Shoot The Chute	1995
Raging Rapids	Intamin	River Rapids	1985
Red Baron	Chance Rides	Junior Jets	1979
S.S. Kenny	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2007
Skycoaster	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1994
Steel City Choppers	San Antonio Roller Works	Roundabout	1974
Swing Shot	S&S Worldwide	Screamin' Swing	2006
Turtle	Traver Engineering Company	Tumble Bug	1927
Turtle Chase	R.E. Chambers	Junior Tumble Bug	1950
Wacky Wheel	W.F. Mangels	Junior Ferris Wheel	1924
Wave Swinger	Zierer	Waveswinger	1984
Whip	W.F. Mangels	Whip	1926
Whippersnapper	W.F. Mangels	Junior Whip	1985
Whirlwind	Zamperla	Junior Chair-O-Plane	1984

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Bayern Kurve	Schwarzkopf	Bayern Kurve	1994	2004	Stored - reopened 2009
Bayern Kurve	Schwarzkopf	Bayern Kurve	2009	2020	Unknown
Caterpillar	Traver Engineering Company	Caterpillar	1923	1945	Unknown
Caterpillar	Allan Herschell Company	Caterpillar	1969	1983	Scrapped - parts to Idlewild Park
Flying Carpet	Zierer	Flying Carpet	1988	2006	Relocated to Parque Diversiones (not used)
Ghost Ship	Bill Tracy	Tracked Dark Ride	1967	1975	Burned down
Gold Rusher	Bradley & Kaye	Tracked Dark Ride	1981	2007	Scrapped
Great Balloon Race	Zamperla	Balloon Race	1990	1994	Relocated to Idlewild Park
Kenny's Parkway	CTEC	Ropeway	1996	2020	Scrapped
Kiddie Old Mill	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Scenic Boat Ride	1937	1970s	Scrapped
King Kahuna	HUSS	Top Spin	2003	2009	Relocated to Parque Diversiones
Laff in the Dark	Traver Engineering Company	Tracked Dark Ride	1935	1965	Scrapped
Le Cachot	Pretzel Company	Tracked Dark Ride	1954	1998	Scrapped
Log Jammer	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1975	2017	Scrapped
Monongahela Monster	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Polyp	1979	1989	Unknown
Orbiter	Zamperla	Junior Paratrooper	1982	2020	Unknown
Paratrooper	Hrubetz	Lifting Paratrooper	1976	2020	Unknown
Phantom Flyers	Bisch Rocco	Flying Scooters	1995	1996	Relocated to Lake Compounce
Pitt Fall	Intamin	Drop Tower	1997	2011	Unknown
Pounce Bounce	S&S Worldwide	Junior Drop Tower	2002	2020	Unknown
Ranger	HUSS	Ranger	1983	1983	Unknown
Rotor	Chance Rides	Rotor	1988	1994	Relocated to Lake Compounce
Super Round-Up	Hrubetz	Round-Up	1976	1985	Relocated to Idlewild Park
Swing Around	HUSS	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround	1984	1984	Travelling USA
Swing Around	HUSS	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround	1989	2005	Scrapped
Tilt-A-Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1976	1988	Relocated to Idlewild Park
Tornado	Arrow Dynamics	Tracked Dark Ride	1963	1966	Relocated to Storytown USA
Tri-Star	HUSS	Tri-Star	1992	1992	Relocated to Idlewild Park
Turnpike	Arrow Dynamics	Track Ride	1966	2009	Scrapped
Volcano	HUSS	Enterprise	1978	2015	Scrapped - parts to Volcano
Volcano	HUSS	Enterprise	2016	2020	Unknown
Whip	W.F. Mangels	Whip	1918	1925	Unknown
Wipeout	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	1993	2008	Relocated to Lake Compounce