Toggle menu
Toggle preferences menu
Toggle personal menu
Not logged in
Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits.
Thriller
Euclid Beach Park
Location Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Coordinates 41°34′57″N 81°34′03″W / 41.582456°N 81.567511°W / 41.582456; -81.567511
Status Defunct
Operated 1924 to September 28, 1969
Cost $90,000
Statistics
Manufacturer Philadelphia Toboggan Company
Designer / calculations Herbert Paul Schmeck, Howard Stoneback
Type Wooden
Serial number 42
Height 71.4 feet
Length 2927 feet
Inversions 0

Thriller was a wooden roller coaster previously located at Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

History

Thrilled was designed by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters in October 1923 and erected during the 1923-1924 off-season.[1] Thriller opened in 1924. The ride originally featured a 60.5 foot tall second hill, but the height of that hill was later decreased to nearly a third of that.[2][3] Alterations were also made on the series of small hills at the end of the ride.[3]

Design

Trains

The ride originally operated with 3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 4 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.. By the early 1960s, only a maximum of two trains operated due to overhead and safety concerns.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. p. 76. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.
  2. Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. p. 48. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bush, Lee. Euclid Beach Park is closed for the season. Amusement Park Books, Inc. p. 77. ISBN 0-913228-22-2.

External links

  • Thriller on the Roller Coaster DataBase.