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| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics | ||||||||||||
| Product | Corkscrew | ||||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
| Height | 70 feet | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||||
| Length | 1200 feet | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 2 | ||||||||||||
Wabash Cannonball was a steel roller coaster located in the State Fair area of Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
History
The roller coaster was introduced in late June 1975.[1]
Premier Parks bought the ride and twelve others from the closed park and placed them on the site of the former Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park in Thorntown, Indiana, USA.[2] The ride remained in storage until 2003, when it was ultimately scrapped. The trains were then sent to Six Flags Belgium to be originally used on Tornado, but were never used as Tornado eventually closed and was put up for sale. They were put into storage at the back of the park. The front car of one train set was eventually used as decoration for the park's "Halloween" event and was put on display.[3]
Design
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Color scheme
Green track supports. Certain sections featured white track with blue rails, and the inversions featured white supports.
Trains
6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
References
- ↑ "Opryland Attendance Shows Increases Despite Flooding". The Robesonian.
- ↑ Hartmann, Stacey (1997-11-21). "13 Opryland rides sold". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ↑ "WhereAreTheyNow". Thrillhunter.
External links
- Wabash Cannonball on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Wabash Cannonball on the parks website