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Big Dipper was a wooden roller coaster located at the defunct Geauga Lake amusement park in Bainbridge Township, Ohio. Originally opened in 1925 as Sky Rocket, it was renamed Clipper in the late 1940s, and eventually Big Dipper in 1969. It was the oldest operating roller coaster in Ohio and seventh-oldest in the United States when it closed in ...
Geauga Lake was an amusement park in Bainbridge Township and Aurora, Ohio. It was established in 1887, in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to a lake of the same name. The first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller coaster – the Big Dipper – was built in 1925.
During that decade, the first modern roller coaster was built at the park, designed by Fred Pearce. Originally named the Big Dipper, it became better known as simply "the roller coaster". The park also featured a live band-stand seven nights a week. The park opened the wooden roller coaster in 1925.
Ohio’s two biggest amusement parks will now be owned by the world’s largest regional theme park operator thanks to a merger announced Thursday. Cedar Fair-Six Flags merger: A history of Cedar ...
An amusement park in Ohio announced Tuesday it would be permanently closing the world’s second-tallest roller coaster. The decision by Cedar Point comes a year after a small metal object flew ...
Hurler was a wooden roller coaster that was manufactured by International Coasters; it operated from 1994–2015. Hypersonic XLC (known for an 80+ MPH high speed launch followed by a 90-degree true vertical ascent and drop; 2001–2007) was closed due to high maintenance and low hourly capacity at the end of the 2007 season.
Raging Wolf Bobs was a wooden roller coaster located at Geauga Lake amusement park in Ohio. Designed by Curtis D. Summers to resemble Bobs, a popular roller coaster at the defunct Riverview Park in Chicago, Raging Wolf Bobs was constructed by the Dinn Corporation and opened to the public in 1988. It operated until June 16, 2007, following an ...
A man died after being struck by a roller coaster at an Ohio amusement park Wednesday, June 19. Authorities said 38 year-old Arntanaro Nelson of Wilmington, Ohio, was in a restricted area of the ...