Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters were a model line of roller coasters designed and marketed by Harry Traver and his company Traver Engineering in the 1920s...
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partially responsible. The spiral element common on Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters was the tightest on the coaster, as were the turns. The ride incorporated the...
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known as "Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters". These coasters were steel-framed coasters, which, ironically enough, had a particularly poor safety record. Because...
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Edward Island, Canada Cyclone Racer, a twin track roller coaster at The Pike, Long Beach, California Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters, a model line of steel-framed...
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roller coaster which operated at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. The coaster was a more compact variant of the Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters which...
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Lightning (Revere Beach) (category Former roller coasters)
roller coaster that operated from 1927 until 1933 at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. It was one of the infamous Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters which...
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National Safety Council. Roller coasters are divided into two main categories: steel roller coasters and wooden roller coasters. Steel coasters have tubular...
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Toboggan Coasters. The Texas Giant officially opened on March 17, 1990. At opening, the ride was the world's tallest wooden roller coaster, standing...
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Traver's later Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters. The coaster was built as a smaller-scale prototype to the larger Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters (the "Terrifying...
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the 'Terrifying Triplets' of the Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters) were designed and built. The Crystal Beach 'Cyclone' and the Revere Beach 'Lightning'...
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its innovative roller coasters, most notably Backety-Back Scenic Railway, the Cyclone, and The Comet. The Comet was awarded Coaster Landmark status in 2009...
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: 147–150 : 11 : 3 The Cyclone site was occupied by the Giant Racer from 1911 to 1926. The success of the Thunderbolt and Tornado roller coasters, which respectively...
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Harry Traver (category Roller coaster designers)
Traver's "Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters" were what made him the most famous (or notorious) of all coaster designers. His most famous coasters were the...
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Oaks Amusement Park (section Roller coasters)
Harry Traver's famous Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters, operated at Oaks Park from 1927 to 1934. Scenic Railway, a wooden roller coaster that closed in 1935...
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exposition had a number of roller coasters. These included The Cyclone, a prototype of Harry Traver's Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters and an installation of his...
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these coasters, PTC stopped producing roller coasters, but continues to produce wooden roller coaster trains as Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. Their...
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coasters." Other than being the oldest roller coaster in California, the ride is also one of the oldest roller coasters in the world. Since the Giant...
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Jazz Railway (category Former roller coasters)
all-steel roller coaster construction. This presaged Traver's later Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters, which utilized the same building technique as Jazz Railway...
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Six Flags Over Georgia (section Roller coasters)
roller coasters becoming part of Lickskillet. Georgia Cyclone closed permanently on July 30, 2017. 2018: A steel hybrid coaster called Twisted Cyclone opened...
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John A. Miller (category Roller coaster designers)
the next three years they built popular coasters all over North America. Characteristics of their roller coasters are camelback hills (multiple straight...
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Six Flags America (redirect from Great Chase (roller coaster))
Incorporated. The same year, a wooden roller coaster called Roar, which was built and designed by Great Coasters International, was added to Adventure World...
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Six Flags Magic Mountain (section Roller coasters)
to the park's name. With 19 roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain holds the world record for most roller coasters in an amusement park. It became the...
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Incidents at Six Flags parks (section Texas Cyclone)
2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013. "The Texas Giant to Re-Open Following Implementation of Incremental Safety Measures". Six Flags Over Texas. September...
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Frederick Church (engineer) (category Roller coaster designers)
legendary coaster builder and designer. Throughout the 1920s, Prior and Church coasters were built by Arthur Looff. (double out and back coasters) Three...
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Montaña Rusa (La Feria Chapultepec Mágico) (category Former roller coasters)
and Edward Leis. Aspects of the coaster's design served as an inspiration for the designers of future roller coasters, such as Screamin' Eagle and Colossus...
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roller coasters at Six Flags parks like Great America. 1988 saw the first of the new coasters, with the addition of the massive roller coaster Shockwave...
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2018-11-26. Adrian Hedden (2016-06-26). "3 rescued after Castles N' Coasters roller coaster breaks down". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original...
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Loop the Loop (Coney Island) (category Former roller coasters)
roller coaster that operated on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, from 1901 to 1910. The coaster was one of the first looping roller coasters in North...
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Paddle Boat, Water Chute, Water Coaster, Flying Saucer, Pirate Ship, River Caves, Cyclone and Moonraker. The Giant Cyclone, added in 2003, is among Asia's...
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Indiana Beach (section Roller coasters)
2011, former and current employees staged a protest due to working and safety conditions at the park, claiming that "Rides are continuously closed, or...
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